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* In the ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' episode "Bastille Day", Tom Zarek, a prisoner aboard one of the ships in the fleet, uses a YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters motif. A civilian on President Roslin's staff describes him as a freedom fighter for a colony that had been exploited by the other members, and Lee Adama is an admirer of Zarek's manifesto, but a ''Galactica'' crew member who actually grew up on the planet in question says Zarek is just a terrorist and doesn't speak for them.

There are UnfortunateImplications for both sides of this issue. On the one hand, members of the group don't need outsiders speaking over them when they're perfectly capable of stating their own views. On the other hand, just because one sample of the group feel a certain way that doesn't mean they speak as a consensus of the entire group.

* ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'': PlayedForDrama. The political question of what to do with the revelation of the Bothans' part in the Imperial genocide of the Caamasi is never properly posed to the ActualPacifist Caamasi survivors themselves, who don't want the entire Bothan civilization punished for something only a few could possibly have involved in. This is mainly because it mostly stops actually being about Caamas pretty quickly: a lot of the participants, such as the Ishori and Diamalans, are just using it as an excuse to settle old grudges.

* ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'': {{Justified}}. The political question of what to do with the revelation of the Bothans' part in the Imperial genocide of the Caamasi is never properly posed to the ActualPacifist Caamasi survivors themselves, who don't want the entire Bothan civilization punished for something only a few could possibly have involved in. This is mainly because it mostly stops actually being about Caamas pretty quickly: a lot of the participants, such as the Ishori and Diamalans, are just using it as an excuse to settle old grudges.

Happens a lot in FanWank. Related to CategoryTraitor, CondescendingCompassion, WindmillCrusader, and WindmillPolitical. ''Definitely'' does occur as TruthInTelevision -- yet note how many of the examples below still are StrawmanPolitical. This often happens when someone in the group is [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX a friend]] or a [[ThickerThanWater family member]] of the person saying the offensive thing. See also NWordPrivileges.

** In another episode, the kids in South Park have taken to using the word "fag" as a such a generic insult that they don't realize it's associated with homosexuality. People become up in arms about it and try to stop it. [[AuthorTract The homosexual community in South Park actually see it as a good thing that they've been dissociated from the insult and try to encourage it]]. This is very much ''not'' TruthInTelevision. The controversy over generalizing an insult currently rooted in homophobia makes it actually a bigger pet peeve for many members of the LGBT community than using it on them directly.

* An InUniverse example in ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''. In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'', the historical dramatization novel series ''[[Literature/TheElderScrollsInUniverseBooks The Real Barenziah]]'' included a pretty explicit sex scene between Barenziah (a princess of Morrowind in hiding) and Therris, a Khajiit member of the ThievesGuild. Come ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' and [[{{Bowdlerization}} the Tribunal Temple has ordered the passage censored]], but in the ''Tribunal'' expansion, both Barenziah and the books' author Plitinius Mero exist as {{NPC}}s. She enjoyed the books and is friends with the author.

* Towards the end of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra '', Ba Sing Se descends into chaos once the Earth Queen gets murdered and the walls separating the classes get torn down. When Mako and Bolin try to get their extended family to come with them out of the city, most of them agree. Their grandma refuses because she doesn’t want to leave her family home. Bolin just picks her up like a sack of potatoes and carries her to their airship as the rest of the family follows suit.

Happens a lot in FanWank. Related to CategoryTraitor and CondescendingCompassion. ''Definitely'' does occur as TruthInTelevision -- yet note how many of the examples below still are StrawmanPolitical. This often happens when someone in the group is [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX a friend]] or a [[ThickerThanWater family member]] of the person saying the offensive thing. See also NWordPrivileges.

** In another episode, the kids in South Park have taken to using the word "fag" as a such a generic insult that they don't realize it's associated with homosexuality. People become up in arms about it and try to stop it. The homosexual community in South Park actually see it as a good thing that they've been dissociated from the insult and try to encourage it. This is very much ''not'' TruthInTelevision. The controversy over generalizing an insult currently rooted in homophobia makes it actually a bigger pet peeve for many members of the LGBT community than using it on them directly.
** In another episode, Big Gay Al implores people not to sue the Boy Scouts over their policy of not allowing openly gay scout leaders, reasoning that the Scouts are a private club and should be allowed to determine membership according to their own values, even if they are values that he disagrees with.[[note]] For what it's worth, the organization decided to lift the nationwide blanket ban on gay scouts in 2013 and gay scout leaders in 2015, although as part of the compromise to do so they will not stop individual troops from continuing to enforce the ban.[[/note]] This is ''far'' from a unanimous (or even widespread) opinion among RealLife gay people regarding the RealLife Boy Scouts.

** In another episode, the kids in South Park have taken to using the word "fag" as a such a generic insult that they don't realize it's associated with homosexuality. People become up in arms about it and try to stop it. The homosexual community in South Park actually see it as a good thing that they've been dissociated from the insult and try to encourage it. This is very much ''not'' TruthInTelevision. The UnfortunateImplications of generalizing an insult currently rooted in homophobia makes it actually a bigger pet peeve for many members of the LGBT community than using it on them directly.
** In another episode, Big Gay Al implores people not to sue the Boy Scouts over their policy of not allowing openly gay scout leaders, reasoning that the Scouts are a private club and should be allowed to determine membership according to their own values, even if they are values that he disagrees with.[[note]] For what it's worth, the organization decided to lift the nationwide blanket ban on gay scouts in 2013 and gay scout leaders in 2015, although as part of the compromise to do so they will not stop individual troops from continuing to enforce the ban.[[/note]] Like the above, this is ''far'' from a unanimous (or even widespread) opinion among RealLife gay people regarding the RealLife Boy Scouts.

** In another episode, the kids in South Park have taken to using the word "fag" as a such a generic insult that they don't realize it's associated with homosexuality. People become up in arms about it and try to stop it. The homosexual community in South Park actually see it as a good thing that they've been dissociated from the insult and try to encourage it. This is very much ''not'' TruthInTelevision. The UnfortunateImplications of generalizing an insult currently rooted in homophobia makes it actually a bigger pet peeve for many queers than using it on them directly.

* Towards the end of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra '', Ba Sing Se descends into chaos once the Earth Queen gets murdered and the walls separating the classes get torn down. Mako and Bolin try to get their extended family to come with them out of the city, most of them agree. Their grandma won’t get go because she doesn’t want to leave her family home even though their uncle has been trying and trying to get her to go. Bolin simply just picks her up like a sack of potatoes and carries her to their airship as the rest of the family follows suit.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The episode Over A Barrel has rough analogues for settlers and natives in the form of ponies and buffalo respectively feuding over the use of a patch of land: the ponies see it as perfectly good land for growing crops for the developing town of Appleloosa, while the buffalo have used it as a sacred ground for centuries. Both sides have genuine grievances and make good points, and in fact Little Strong Heart and Braeburn seem willing enough to try to reach a compromise. Unfortunately Rainbow Dash and Applejack shout over the two representatives, having become emotionally vested themselves.

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* ''Film/ToAllTheBoysIveLovedBefore'': When watching ''Film/SixteenCandles'' with Lara Jean and Kitty, Peter finds it surprising that both of them, being Asian, love the film even though it features the racist stereotype character Long Duk Dong. Lara Jean and Kitty agree, but ignore him because they love watching Jake Ryan.

* In one of ''The Late Show'' (Australia) "How to Host a Dinner Party" sketches, one of the obligatory guests is the annoyingly politically-correct guy. The sketch has him complaining about how sexist ''Film/BasicInstinct'' was, to which one of the female guests responds that she quite enjoyed it.

* ''Film/ToAllTheBoysIveLovedBefore'': When watching ''Film/SixteenCandles'' with Lara Jean and Kitty, Peter finds it surprising that they love the film even though it features the racist stereotype character Long Duk Dong. Lara Jean and Kitty agree, but ignore him because they love watching Jake Ryan.

* ''Film/ToAllTheBoysILovedBefore'': When watching ''Film/SixteenCandles'' with Lara Jean and Kitty, Peter finds it surprising that they love the film even though it features the racist stereotype character Long Duk Dong. Lara Jean and Kitty agree, but ignore him because they love watching Jake Ryan.

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'''PC Principal:''' MICROAGGRESSION!! (''Beats the crap out of the man'') Persons of Hispanic backgrounds have been stereotyped as being "sleepy" and saying that they look tired is a microaggression that WILL NOT STAND!\\
'''Paulo:''' But I ''am'' tired. (''PC Principal beats him up too'')

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-->'''Rainbow Dash''': We brought our friend Little Strong Heart to explain why the settlers should move the apple trees off buffalo land.
-->'''Braeburn''': That information would be helpf-
-->'''Applejack''': That's funny, because my cousin Braeburn was about to explain to the buffalo why they should let the apple trees stay!
-->'''Little Strong Heart''': That would be a useful thing t-
-->'''Rainbow Dash''': The land is THEIRS!

* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books, Hermione tries to free the House Elves from what she considers to be slavery, though [[HappinessInSlavery most of them like their duties]]. When other characters (including the House Elves themselves) try to explain this to her, she just claims that the Elves have been brainwashed to accept the mindset and refuses to entertain the idea (which is the actual truth) that they just have [[BlueAndOrangeMorality different values than humans]].

** In another episode, Big Gay Al implores people not to sue the Boy Scouts over their policy of not allowing openly gay scout leaders, reasoning that the Scouts are a private club and should be allowed to determine membership according to their own values, even if they are values that he disagrees with.[[note]] For what it's worth, the organization decided to lift the nationwide blanket ban on gay scouts in 2013 and gay scout leaders in 2015, although as part of the compromise to do so they they will not stop individual troops from continuing to enforce the ban.[[/note]] Like the above, this is ''far'' from a unanimous (or even widespread) opinion among RealLife gay people regarding the RealLife Boy Scouts.

* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books, Hermione tries to free the House Elves from what she considers to be slavery, though [[HappinessInSlavery most of them like their duties]]. When other characters (including the House Elves themselves) try to explain this to her, she just claims that the Elves have been brainwashed to accept the mindset and refuses to entertain the idea that they just have [[BlueAndOrangeMorality different values than humans]].

* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books, Hermione tries to free the House Elves from what she considers to be slavery, though [[HappinessInSlavery most of them like their duties]].

** People are up in arms over the band "Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld" because (allegedly) the only reason they're popular is that people like to come to laugh at Timmy, who is in a wheelchair and can only say his name. But people are actually there to support Timmy and enjoy the music, and Timmy himself is having fun. Creator/PhilCollins is also upset and jumps on this bandwagon, but for him it's really because [=TatLotU=] are more popular than he is.

** People are up in arms over the band "Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld" because (allegedly) the only reason they're popular is that people like to come to laugh at Timmy, who is in a wheelchair and can only say his name. But people are actually there to support Timmy and enjoy the music, and Timmy himself is having fun. PhilCollins is also upset and jumps on this bandwagon, but for him it's really because [=TatLotU=] are more popular than he is.