@metoometoo
It's great that you want to give the writers their due, because yes, they went out of their way to make LOST an inclusive television show in ways that most TV shows have not. But inclusivity brownie points aside, people are still entitled to question and critique the way race/class/gender/disability/whatever gets handled on the show. Featuring a diverse cast, or even doing better than most TV shows to avoid sexism/racism/etc-- these things don't exempt the writers or the story from critique. There's no Get Out of Criticism Free card, however well-intentioned your efforts are. The OP's points are, I think, largely valid and don't at all seem like a "hysterical rant" or emotion-tinged litany of complaints. They seem like reasonable criticisms.
It's nice that you love the show, but so do the folks who spend so much time critiquing it. There's nothing wrong with pointing out the flaws of something -- it doesn't mean you don't appreciate it, or that you think it sucks. You seem awfully defensive and impassioned for someone who ascribes the reasoned complaints of other people to emotion.
On 'Lost,' One Week Later
@metoometoo
It's great that you want to give the writers their due, because yes, they went out of their way to make LOST an inclusive television show in ways that most TV shows have not. But inclusivity brownie points aside, people are still entitled to question and critique the way race/class/gender/disability/whatever gets handled on the show. Featuring a diverse cast, or even doing better than most TV shows to avoid sexism/racism/etc-- these things don't exempt the writers or the story from critique. There's no Get Out of Criticism Free card, however well-intentioned your efforts are. The OP's points are, I think, largely valid and don't at all seem like a "hysterical rant" or emotion-tinged litany of complaints. They seem like reasonable criticisms.
It's nice that you love the show, but so do the folks who spend so much time critiquing it. There's nothing wrong with pointing out the flaws of something -- it doesn't mean you don't appreciate it, or that you think it sucks. You seem awfully defensive and impassioned for someone who ascribes the reasoned complaints of other people to emotion.