User blog comment:Shadowshroom/Character:Mike/@comment-5221692-20151228012534/@comment-5221692-20151230055952

"That's a very interesting perspective (I don't agree with it, but still very interesting)"

You don't agree that people should be forced outside their comfort zones and be exposed to topics that they'd otherwise push aside and continue to ridicule and mock? Ooooookay then.

"I believe freedom of speech/expression should allow everybody to express their opinions, no matter how offensive they are to other people."

Honestly, adult humor has every right to go rampant with their comedy. Have at it. Offend people. Whatever.

I think it's a consensus that children's cartoons need to tread carefully. This doesn't mean shut everything out and make it "bland" and "stale", as people often envision that being the way offended people want the shows to be. Ironically, Mike still remains as one of the most stale and bland characters in my opinion. So they couldn't even do that part right.

I assume you watched the Nostalgia Critic to find that video.

The Nostalgia Critic makes GREAT points. There's a video about this, if you haven't seen it already, I suggest you watch it. Definitely there's something wrong with people running around being offended by EVERYTHING, and especially by things they aren't really offended by, they just assume others are offended by them.

Rule of thumb, don't try and advocate for communities you're not a part of. You don't get to decide who's offended by what. And in your case, Truteal, you don't get to tell other people what they CAN'T be offended by. You're not me. I assume you're neurotypical since you avoided the question earlier. As a neurotypical person, you don't get to make the shots as to how we feel about Mike, the same way the Nostalgia critic pointed out how non-Mexican communities dictacted their standpoints on Speedy Gonzalez.

Shock humor is fine, and comedians have every right to step over those lines and bounce back. But my arguement from the start is litteraly that a line was crossed in a '''kid's show. '''

The nostalgia critic also highlights that good offensive humor always has underlying tones of enlightment and, as I said before, exposure. He's right. To be offended without analyzing the situation is an amateur mistake. Trust me, I've analyzed this situation. It's offensive.

Mike is not an example of enlightment or exposure. His entire story, character, and basis is played off horribly wrong and throughout the entire show, we're expected to root for him. If the actual problems of Mike's character were pointed out in the show by the other characters, then there'd be no reason to be offended. The fact that Mike WON and got everything he wanted sends a strong message to children. Whether Fresh knew what message they were sending is beyond me. And again, fiction impacts reality. And children are very easily impacted by fiction.

Mike isn't trying to enlighten people, he's a cheap attempt at humor and "quirky likeability", and it didn't work. Mike's out of place in Total Drama, and a character utilizing a mental disorder as means of entertainment simply shouldn't have been an idea that got green lighted.