Sorry, I keep forgetting to finish that meme

[ryuutchi]

I glanced at Luminosity (sockkpuppett)'s post from the other day (screencap here).

Now, ms_treesap has a great post about it, and the_wanlorn similarly is awesome about pointing out the ridiculous assumptions contained within the post

Comments

[lady_ganesh]

The scroll button exists. Really. And people use it all the time!

(HERE HAVE AN ICON. WE SHOULD START A CLUB. OR A COMM. marry_me_aldis.)

Also, that angry post is FULL OF WIN.

[technocracygirl]

Ooooh, that sounds tasty! Could you post a link? Pretty, pretty, please?

[amchara]

I understand what you're saying. I get where you're coming from. Hell, I made a huge-ass post a few weeks ago about a massive disability fail. I go to different fandom areas all the time because one particular area is lacking.

At the same time:

People might disagree, people might agree, people might very well fucking ignore it, but I do it because the topic is there and it's something I want to talk about, not because this is work for me. And you know what? If people ignore it, they're free to.

I sometimes wonder if this might be best practice for sockkpuppett's post and others similar to it, rather than have a number of different people call her out on it. I don't know... it just that it is her journal, her opinion... she's not posting it in communities where others can see... why not just let sleeping dogs lie? It's not likely going to make anyone's fandom experience better, hers or yours. People who have seen it are going to draw their conclusions

[ext_59120]

why not just let sleeping dogs lie

Cause I don't want fandom infested with fleas maybe?

[amchara]

Fair enough. You, ryuutchi and others who are talking about don't need mine or anyone's permission or approval to talk about these issues. I apologize if it came across that way, or if I implied it wasn't worthwhile.

I've recently had several personal discussions about privilege with others in my offline life that have been less than fruitful. The discussions were tense and exhausting and the results discouraging, so it's coloured my views towards these types of discussions at the moment and the way in which we engage in them.

I'm going to withdraw from this conversation now since I don't have anything useful to add.

[ryuutchi]

she's not posting it in communities where others can see... why not just let sleeping dogs lie? I think we'll probably start getting into one of those "you're being intolerant of my intolerance" recursion loops if we start this up. Also, I tend to assume any open post is open for anyone to read-- a college friend once told me he wouldn't "write anything in a blog that he wouldn't shout off the top of a large building". Any opinion stated in an open post is stated openly for anyone to think/talk about

[lady_ganesh]

I already ranted about this in someone else's journal. There were a lot of ALL CAPS. The post itself didn't make me as angry as the comments, though. Fucking hell, the COMMENTS.

[ryuutchi]

Yeah, pretty much. I think my reaction was to tilt my head and go "Bwuh?" And then the rage started.

[lady_ganesh]

The OP was 'yeah, maybe sometimes, but...' and then WHAT. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS.

(Edited to clarify)