What is even the point of diversity tbh

Being able to see yourself in a character and relating to them is very important for self esteem
For example, a disabled child who has used crutches for her whole life has never seen a person like her in fictional media. This causes her to think maybe people just hate people like her and maybe something is wrong with her as a person and that's why media seems to hate her. Growing up thinking this leads to low self esteem which can cause all kinds of mental problems including but not limited to: depression, anxiety, eating disorders, inferiority complexes, etc

Also, it's important that people see people that aren't like them alongside characters like them in media. It lets them know that different people exist and they have thoughts and feelings, and it prevents the "you're different from me and are therefore bad" mentality that had caused so many of history's disasters

So yeah. That's the the point of diversity. If you even read it

I definitely see why diversity in fictional media is needed, I just feel like it may be too much when characters who are feminist or something like that denounce other male characters or push them out of the way to solve a problem instead of working together with everyone.

Maybe fictional media could be less radical and have the characters work together regardless of their differences in order to promote diversity and unity without too much interference from political ideologies.

I’m pretty sure children with disabilities don’t automatically think everyone hates them if they don’t see someone with their disability in a movie. Although given you follow the LGBTQ stream, I can see why you think everyone is like that.

It was one example. And I'm not saying every individual movie was the reason, it was that she could never find a single one with a person like her.
And this isn't about me being queer, it's about support for all marginalized communities

I still believe that just because a movie doesn’t help a random person cope with their insecurities, doesn’t mean the movie should be complained about. Although I respect your right to hold an opinion, I still have to respectfully disagree.

Also if every character is a straight white cis neurotypical able-bodied guy there's gonna be no variety and the media will be bland because all the characters are copy pasted from each other

I’m not saying every character should be a straight white neurotypical able-bodied male, it’s actually necessary not to have that sometimes when it comes to certain plots, I’m saying there’s no need to complain when a show doesn’t have trans people as 90% of its cast.

That's not what people complain about, it's when they can't find any trans rep anywhere. That's kinda disheartening. And we know 90% of the cast isn't realistic. We'd be fine with just 1 or 2