I'm not so sure I'm anymore comfortable in getting involved with the naming issue behind Derpy Hooves. First the fandom began a petition demanding an apology from Hasbro, now there's another petition circling around demanding they NOT change Derpy's name.
It's not just Derpy any more. There was a brief, less-than-five-second gag in the newest episode involving a mental patient barking like a dog near the end of the episode.
What really turns me off is that for a while, I was a part of the LJ community where the petition (the one demanding an apology) started and I got the distinct impression it was more about their personal war against bronies than actually standing up for people who were offended by Derpy. It was honestly their behavior about this issue that made me throw up my arms and leave after less than a month in the community.
Both sides of this debate are being dumb, if you ask me.
I signed the petition demanding the apology from Hasbro but after seeing the petition on Facebook about NOT wanting Derpy's name changed, I too, just washed my hands off the matter. This debate was out of control to begin with and now both sides are being ridiculous.
I always try my hardest to keep my language politically correct, not because I like flinging around "you're being offensive!" or "quit being ableist" when other people are being offensive, but more because I feel like it's the polite thing to do? And there are some legitimate things that trigger me that I get tetchy over, because I was just minding my own business and then I get TRIGGERED by someone who doesn't think to check themselves. What did I do to deserve that? So, personally, I would rather people be safe than sorry.
But I hear you, it gets exhausting sometimes, always having to check your language, and I agree, it's counterproductive to get militant about it.
I agree. I mean, I also try to be careful about what I say because I want to be respectful to other people. However, there's doing that and jumping onto and dogpiling the next person out of line - that sort of thing leads to people to being afraid to post anything that might (note, I said 'might', not 'will') come across as ist/phobic (even though no matter what they say, no matter how carefully they word it, I'm sure someone somewhere is going to be offended for whatever reason). I mean, yes, you should watch your words but that does not mean that you should be afraid to speak at all.
Same here. It's a matter of being civil. The people I'm complaining about are the ones who read WAY too much into things for the sake of drama and pile their agendas on other people through the guise of "justice." The other comments explain it better than I can. ^^;;;
GOD, yes. LiveJournal community argot has mutated into a loathsome chimaera of academia-derived terminology, Internet memes, and hip-hop slang. The plague on our universities has spread to this online social network. One can only nurture a measure of gratitude that the social justice-obsessed mentality is confined almost entirely to the worlds of academia and fandom rather than the world in general. I even wrote a sardonic lexicon that glossed social justice buzzwords for my still-embryonic Web site. (If you'd like to see the list, then by all means, I will post it for you.) My automatic reaction to "trigger warning" is the same as yours.
As for Giovanni's Room, was your high school class really that obnoxious? I have yet to read the novel, but I still want to, even after knowing your assessment of it.
I was just using Giovanni's Room as an example IF my high school class read it. I should've clarified. ^^;;;; *goes to fix* There's no way my school would've assigned LGBT books. :P Basically my high school consisted of poor ghetto kids who were more interested in quoting misogynistic rap, joking about pot and getting stoned. Annoying, but avoidable. Corpus Christi is a pretty conservative town though. I remember seeing Brokeback Mountain with my mom ages ago, and if the audience's reaction towards the beginning (aka the "tent" scene) were anything to go by
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And that's...quite a disturbing dream. :/
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And people are getting whiny about THAT.
makes me wanna get a shed
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Both sides of this debate are being dumb, if you ask me.
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But I hear you, it gets exhausting sometimes, always having to check your language, and I agree, it's counterproductive to get militant about it.
idk, those are my two cents.
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As for Giovanni's Room, was your high school class really that obnoxious? I have yet to read the novel, but I still want to, even after knowing your assessment of it.
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I was just using Giovanni's Room as an example IF my high school class read it. I should've clarified. ^^;;;; *goes to fix* There's no way my school would've assigned LGBT books. :P Basically my high school consisted of poor ghetto kids who were more interested in quoting misogynistic rap, joking about pot and getting stoned. Annoying, but avoidable. Corpus Christi is a pretty conservative town though. I remember seeing Brokeback Mountain with my mom ages ago, and if the audience's reaction towards the beginning (aka the "tent" scene) were anything to go by ( ... )
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