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Why? Why do we make excuses for people to continue being arbitrarily judgemental of others for inconsequential differences instead of allowing people to just be themselves so long as they aren't causing harm?
To him, he wasn't "pushing social boundaries". He was just doing something fun and sharing his niche interest with others in a fun way.
It is other people who made it a big fuss by placing their assumptions onto him and being judgmental of his actions instead of being accepting of their differences and their right to be different.
Because you can't be that idiotic and put "Lolita" on a school bus while picking up children.
Go back and reread the first comment on why they most likely thought that wouldn't be an issue.
Not everyone knows that "Lolita" is associated with a smut book. As I said, there is an entire cultural fashion trend that has absolutely nothing to do with the book under the same name. It is very clear that this individual knows of the term from the fashion trend. What is so wrong with putting the name of a fashion trend on a sign? Would there be a problem if they labeled it "Gothic Line" and dressed in Gothic style clothing?
The idiot is you who judges others by making assumptions
Where did that fashion trend get that name from? Serious question. I wouldn’t be surprised it’s rooted in the same place ergo I can still understand why people are concerned about the driver.
From someone in the 70s who wrote an Alice in Wonderland parody manga that used the word "Lolita" to refer to Lewis Carroll's obsession with Alice after the term "Lolita complex", which comes the book of the same name by Russel Trainer written during the same time. Yet, the translation of the book into Japanese was done in a way that lost the sexual connotations and instead tied it to the romanticized girls' culture (shōjo bunka) in Japan, thus didn't receive the same stigmatized connotations. From there, other authors and the otaku community just kinda started using the word to refer to fan-favorite cute, female characters from popular shoujo manga.
Few decades later, in the 90's, it just began being used to refer to a fashion trend which was similar to the way Alice would be presented. FYI, Japanese culture during the 70's and 80's was weirdly obsessed with Alice in Wonderland.
Similar to how "Goth" subculture has nothing to do with 3rd century Germanic peoples nor 12th century medieval architectural style.
Edit: love how people are down voting factual history just because it contradicts their biases. Typical.