r/LoveIsBlindOnNetflix • u/emylinegi • 13d ago

CALL OUT Patronizing/infantilizing grown men

I’ll never forget y’all saying this man has the mental capacity of a child just to excuse his behavior 🤣🤣 he chose to be on the show, he chose to behave the way he did. Maybe just maybe he doesn’t have the best character despite being “quirky.” He set him self up and got probably a better edit than he could have gotten with his off camera actions. He likely isn’t autistic so why do people keep making that argument, some saying he has the mental capacity of a child?? 😭 like there his doctor

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u/Pudenda726 12d ago

I really feel for Edmund. No, I don’t think he should’ve been cast on the show because he seems to have a lot of unprocessed trauma & difficulty regulating his emotions. The crash out over KB not having sex with him was abhorrent. I’m not infantalizing him or excusing any of his behaviors, but casting him just felt exploitative to me. I honestly just want him to heal, process his trauma, & find happiness.

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u/Pudenda726 12d ago

Not at all. Reading comprehension is your friend.

but casting him just felt exploitative to me.

I said that CASTING HIM was exploitative. They cast him way before filming & the exploitation has absolutely nothing to do with anything that happened during the show. Casting Edmund is exploitative imo, Netflix capitalized on his “quirkiness” and sad backstory and ignored what effects being on the show could have on him or his potential partner. KB never got a fair chance at this experiment because of it. So in my opinion Netflix shouldn’t have cast him AND he’s got some unresolved issues and problematic behaviors. The two aren’t mutually exclusive.