here we go again

Oct 21, 2007 09:19

Well, it's been a while since I posted publicly on something fan-related, and it figures it would be something shit-stirring to draw me out ( Read more... )

fandom, race/ethnicity, bad fandom no biscuit, genetically hardwired

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hesychasm October 21 2007, 09:09:29 UTC
I am not really surprised either. But you would think especially after the round of meta on anti-Semitism and Yuletide and cultural sensitivity, people would put two and two together.

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vaznetti October 21 2007, 10:53:41 UTC
But you would think especially after the round of meta on anti-Semitism and Yuletide and cultural sensitivity, people would put two and two together.

We might hope that was the case, but I suspect we've all be around long enough to know otherwise. I'm really sorry about this, and also feel ashamed and embarrassed that people are offering supportive comments to the poster. I mean, really. Let's go to Auschwitz and fuck -- won't it be romantic, rolling around on the ashy ground?

Argh. I don't even know what to say.

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hesychasm October 22 2007, 18:10:52 UTC
Thank you, but of course you don't need to feel ashamed and embarrassed about people not getting it. Just be like me: pissed off!

Seriously. Thank you.

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half_elf_lost October 23 2007, 02:31:32 UTC
Let's go to Auschwitz...

You saved me the time to write almost those same words. And I know how utterly smacked I would feel if I read fiction with that setting.

It's astounding, really, and truly I'm sorry you had to read anything like that, hesychasm

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hesychasm October 22 2007, 18:13:17 UTC
Yeah. Although it is sort of like, I knew all of this intellectually, but man, it's a whole new thing to get slapped in the face with it.

Now that I've calmed down some, I do think it's interesting the different perspectives people have about why this is or isn't or should or shouldn't be a big deal. I mean, still in the way that makes me look askance at certain opinions I've seen around, but interesting.

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