create a set of characters that you believe in, like and want to hang out with; you want to come back and hang out with those characters week after week after week. Then Hollywood twists your newfound friends into exemplars of absolutely irresponsible behavior, representatives of behavior you find personally unpalatable. But you like the character – and so, the Hollywood emotional appeal goes, you’re supposed to like what he or she does. This is the Hollywood argument same-sex marriage: you like certain characters, so if you don’t like their behavior, it’s because you’re mean and nasty. This
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