violsva: Dottie Underwood from Agent Carter, in prison (Dottie)
[personal profile] violsva

I just read a (locked) post about antis and actual psychiatric studies which the writer, for obvious reasons, put here instead of on Tumblr, and a lot of the comments, while acknowledging that she had damn good reasons for not wanting to deal with having it on Tumblr, wished that they could reblog it.

But that's not what struck me.

The thing is, while she made very good arguments, and she has a relevant professional background, posts full of very good arguments against anti tactics or censorship in fandom aren't actually rare. I have seen dozens of brilliant, serious, well-argued posts, by at least a dozen brilliant people (many of whom are subscribed to me!), over the past four years (or more, actually, and it's not like I've specifically sought them out), rebutting that bullshit, and the problem is they will never be enough.

I think it's clear by now that we could all have written or reblogged brilliant posts discussing dark fiction, internet pile-ons, and censorship every damn week for the past four years, and people would still be getting messages calling them pedophiles for drawing adults in the wrong art style.

...I just needed to get that off my chest. It's been so much nicer inside my head since I drifted away from Tumblr.

Date: 2019-02-19 09:56 pm (UTC)
staranise: A star anise floating in a cup of mint tea (Default)
From: [personal profile] staranise
RIGHT?! That's the actual reason I didn't post it. It just wouldn't do any good.
Edited Date: 2019-02-19 09:57 pm (UTC)

Date: 2019-02-20 12:11 am (UTC)
konsectatrix: (Default)
From: [personal profile] konsectatrix
Basically. The best schooling would be letting them all turn 40.
Edited Date: 2019-02-20 12:12 am (UTC)

Date: 2019-02-20 08:23 pm (UTC)
anarfea: Jim Moriarty in Sherlock's Coat (Default)
From: [personal profile] anarfea
I guess the thing is I've never thought about those posts as being "for" antis. They're unreachable. Who they're for is the people who are being targeted or fear they might become targets who need reassurances that they're okay.

Date: 2019-02-20 10:24 pm (UTC)
pennypaperbrain: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pennypaperbrain
Yeah, I see it like anarfea does, or try to. When I read that kind of post, I don't need any converting, but getting the extra insight into wtf is going on with these people makes it all feel just a little more navigable. Hopefully that effect is amplified for people who are seeing such a post for the first time.

ETA... It's been nicer inside my head too. It's no longer crammed with misguided groupthink rage about things which are only tangentially related to me anyway. Having to conduct my social life on tumblr felt like having to do it in the middle of an American High School playground (or whatever you call them in the US).
Edited Date: 2019-02-20 10:44 pm (UTC)

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