I would be way more receptive to “offensive” art if it ever had anything of value to say

but all I ever see is a lot of my fellow white people jerking off to how they can be so “edgy”, how they can get away with being racist and calling it “satire”, because they didn’t MEAN to be racist! It’s just their freedom of speech! Like heyyy they can draw Mohammad even though someone said not to! Look how revolutionary we are! so wise and educated and beyond these ~savage religious ideals~!

Like.. WHY do you need to depict someone’s prophet? WHY do you need to draw hook-nosed caricatures and call it “satire”? What are you saying with this that’s not just “look at this scary, stupid brown person”? Why can’t you think of something smarter than falling back on pathetic, over-used, hurtful tropes, if you really have something of value to say? 

and when people start to ask those questions, the artist gets mad. The fans get mad. People who laughed at that art get mad. Because you’re taking it too seriously. You’re too sensitive. You don’t “get” it. It’s too soon to talk about these things.

But I’m pretty sure they only reason they have to get upset is that they have no fucking answers and didn’t expect to be held accountable. They just wanted to draw something they don’t actually understand the merit of in an offensive manner, because they think it’s easier to get a cheap laugh than to hold yourself responsible for what you make. If you aren’t with them, you’re censoring them, and you should shut up. But here’s the thing: you aren’t being risky or saying something revolutionary by creating shock value, racist bullshit. You’re maintaining status quo.