Actually, I agree w/ most of them on most issues. They don't take too lightly on sexism/racism, because most of the users there tend to be women, POC, or both. They are also more well-versed in anthropology/sociology/women's studies than the average person, and thus a lot more sensitive on those issues, but not so much on economics or finance.
They're not really protective of people who decide to comment and get called out on, although there have been a couple of mod posts lately against pure ad hominem attacks ie, "YOU'RE A FUCKHEAD" with no additional explanation. As far as snark goes, it goes with the ontd prefix to the community name. You can find intelligent and civil discussions on most topics if you come with somewhat backed ideas, but I wouldn't expect it on race/women's issues.
Well they're liberals. It goes without saying I agree with them on most issues. That said, it's rather... privileged to only care about privilege issues when they only affect your group, and allergy to intelligent thought and civil debates is something I expect to find from conservatives, not liberals.
I have noticed something of that pattern though. Environmental issues are rarely posted about and never get a lot of comments, for example, but every international women's issue is responded to with THIS IS A CALL TO THE SISTERHOOD, EVERYONE ON LJ GET OFFENDED AND THEN DO NOTHING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN THE REAL WORLD.
Me, having lost all respect for online bitching since actually working for the Obama campaign.
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They're not really protective of people who decide to comment and get called out on, although there have been a couple of mod posts lately against pure ad hominem attacks ie, "YOU'RE A FUCKHEAD" with no additional explanation. As far as snark goes, it goes with the ontd prefix to the community name. You can find intelligent and civil discussions on most topics if you come with somewhat backed ideas, but I wouldn't expect it on race/women's issues.
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I have noticed something of that pattern though. Environmental issues are rarely posted about and never get a lot of comments, for example, but every international women's issue is responded to with THIS IS A CALL TO THE SISTERHOOD, EVERYONE ON LJ GET OFFENDED AND THEN DO NOTHING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN THE REAL WORLD.
Me, having lost all respect for online bitching since actually working for the Obama campaign.
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