Comments | dargai: STOP DOING THAT, FARSCAPE FANDOM!

dargai

STOP DOING THAT, FARSCAPE FANDOM!

Sep 02, 2011 02:45

Oh my God, y'all. Fandom has done so much to make me more aware of my privilege and give me context for social justice concepts. And yeah, that sounds really fucking wanky so what I mean is: fandom has made me aware of when I'm being an unthinking, privileged asshat and has made me far more able to see the problematic bits in my culture, my beliefs ( Read more... )

wow - idiot!, racefail, open letter to fandom

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nebari_rebel September 3 2011, 17:44:42 UTC

I just wanted to say I agreed with you on TF. I came into the conversation late and should have said more, but I just don't have the energy I once did for that site. Not a good excuse, I know, but meh. It makes me tired. Two of my favorite posters/fandom friends have been banned from there, and I still want the ability to post, so I tend to bite my tongue more often than not. You can add cowardice to apathy ( ... )

dargai September 3 2011, 23:58:19 UTC

The only person I've ever heard exclaim "I hate political correctness!" IRL had just called my brother (who has autism) a retard
That is a horrible, horrible thing to say about anyone. I'm so sorry.

As for TF, considering how that conversation went, I'm actually kind of glad you stayed out of it. I've tried really hard not to be That Person in this fandom, but it's hard to bite your tongue when someone's hitting all your race triggers. Having said that, I probably wouldn't do it again so we can be cowards together. Like you, I just don't have the energy to be told I'm wrong by privileged asses [my word, not yours! ;)]. At least not when I can see covert racism clear as day, unintentional or not. That site has the worst moderation I've ever seen and hell, I played in the Moonlight fandom, which imploded under the weight of theft from members, bannings and general insanity. Thank you though. For a few hours I thought it really was just me.

nebari_rebel September 4 2011, 14:22:53 UTC

I'm so sorry.Thanks. I can have a sense of humor about myself (I'm physically disabled, and my siblings refer to me as "prey" ;) but it really makes me angry when people are so nasty to people like my brother. He's part of a fabulous Special Equestrian program that includes kids with all sorts of physical and mental disabilities and every one of these families has experienced ridicule, name calling, and being treated like trash, usually by folks that really should know better. I've seen strangers in line at the grocery store, or on the bus, harass others with obvious disabilities for no reason whatsoever. Many people are wonderful, but many are awful, imo ( ... )

dargai September 6 2011, 15:12:06 UTC

Sorry, I've been a little out of it and I missed reading this comment earlier!

Was nodding along until my brain came to a screeching halt over:

Although wait until the "Chiana wasn't really raped at the casinos or at any other point in her life because a)she's a slut, so she probably liked it, and b)you know she's prostituted herself in the past and you can't rape a whore" discussion cycles around again. I'll cheerlead if you need to smack some people ( ... )

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