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12 months ago
I've just learn't of the current admin/mod team for this site deciding to side with bad-faith actions based on things driven by perticularly loud and persistant members of the community who want to harm the lives of people who are themselves doing no harm whatsoever.
I'm not going to say what exactly I'm referring to...just that...guys...if someone's expressing what they are in a way that's not promoting or involving anybody vunerable in the community or elsewhere who didn't ask to be included, then they're proberbly not hurting those people after all or are indeed those Worst People Imaginable that some of those loud members of the community would claim they are just because throwing those terms around is enough for some people to stop having a sense of measured judgment on other's.
Those loud types in the community and those who tag along to their garbage are a minority in the community, not the majority. And are likely being that way either A) Because they get off on ruining other people's lives for clout or B) Thinking that because they don't understand or relate to a harmless thing that gives someone else validity, comfort and joy, that means as The Main Character of The Universe they can dictate what is or isn't objectively Good.
Don't let these people drive how you want to express yourself. We don't need a return to how the community was in the 2000's, where expressing yourself in any way felt scary and paranoia was a necessary survival move.
As for the admin/mod team, I'm disappointed that they chose to listen to those vitriolic voices in some of their decisions and as tragic and unfortunate as Dragoneer's death was, the post-grieve process shouldn't be an excuse in screwing over people who Dragoneer would've allowed to let express themselves so long as they're not using their uses of their self-expression to hurt other innocent people, vunerable in the community or otherwise.
And if you disagree with my stances on this and feel those vitriolic voices represent a sensible, grounded view point that helps more than hurts, then...I'm really sorry, but you should stop watching me right now. I don't even care if you block me or not at this point, I refuse to cater to people who view harmless self-expression as a threat just because they don't understand.
Still don't know what I'm doing in FA if this represents the New Norm post-Dragoneer soon, but just know my stances haven't changed. And I insist on them and will not pretend like the hurt that people have experienced has been in any way okay.
Be better, people.
I'm not going to say what exactly I'm referring to...just that...guys...if someone's expressing what they are in a way that's not promoting or involving anybody vunerable in the community or elsewhere who didn't ask to be included, then they're proberbly not hurting those people after all or are indeed those Worst People Imaginable that some of those loud members of the community would claim they are just because throwing those terms around is enough for some people to stop having a sense of measured judgment on other's.
Those loud types in the community and those who tag along to their garbage are a minority in the community, not the majority. And are likely being that way either A) Because they get off on ruining other people's lives for clout or B) Thinking that because they don't understand or relate to a harmless thing that gives someone else validity, comfort and joy, that means as The Main Character of The Universe they can dictate what is or isn't objectively Good.
Don't let these people drive how you want to express yourself. We don't need a return to how the community was in the 2000's, where expressing yourself in any way felt scary and paranoia was a necessary survival move.
As for the admin/mod team, I'm disappointed that they chose to listen to those vitriolic voices in some of their decisions and as tragic and unfortunate as Dragoneer's death was, the post-grieve process shouldn't be an excuse in screwing over people who Dragoneer would've allowed to let express themselves so long as they're not using their uses of their self-expression to hurt other innocent people, vunerable in the community or otherwise.
And if you disagree with my stances on this and feel those vitriolic voices represent a sensible, grounded view point that helps more than hurts, then...I'm really sorry, but you should stop watching me right now. I don't even care if you block me or not at this point, I refuse to cater to people who view harmless self-expression as a threat just because they don't understand.
Still don't know what I'm doing in FA if this represents the New Norm post-Dragoneer soon, but just know my stances haven't changed. And I insist on them and will not pretend like the hurt that people have experienced has been in any way okay.
Be better, people.
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