Tasmen wrote...
Elysium-Fic wrote...
Ironically, it's not the ones who have voiced dissenting opinions who have been targeted for reprisal and harassment, as evidenced by the fact that it's the PoT supporters being trolled. Of course, that may be because we're the ones with the temerity to put our names to our opinions.
Here, that is perhaps true though I don't know that I would call it harassment. I'm seeing people having a discussion which I hope will remain constructive and not be taken personally. Disagreeing ain't peeing on someone so to speak.
There are certain topics that do, however, result in some pretty heated conversation and the topic of children and acts against them is one of them. Folks feel really strongly about it so much so that some feel the unspoken social contract* that we follow here in the states (certain rights are inalienable, yada yada) does not include protections for certain acts. I can see how people could/would apply this belief to things like writings with possibly inflammatory content. Though I should also note, the DA comm is hugely huge. Not all participants in the fandom are from the US and thus do not necessarily prescribe to the tenants in the Bill of Rights.
Usually when people are waving the First Amendment they're saying "I can write whatever I want and you can't censor." That's simplistic, because the
government can't censor you, but communities can set up their own guidelines and people are either in or out. Community guidelines can have unexpected results, though, like myself and others opting out of PoT because of their community rules.
I imagine more people are speaking up here than on PoT about this because people tend to feel more comfortable in their own playground. But I still stand by my opinion that there are more quiet folks out there that just don't bother than there are yappy folks and I say that as someone that can be rather yappy from time to time.
I didn't respond to PoT because my opinion was not welcome there, as was obvious from the mods locking threads where people were disagreeing with allowing of posting that fic in the first place. Like kmeme, tent party has a "do not criticize" rule. Unlike on kmeme, at tent party
EVERYTHING is allowed, with no criticism.
The way I think it ought to be in my imaginary ideal world
is you can post anything--meaning authors can post whatever they like, and readers can criticize however they like, and other readers can jump to the authors' defense however they like. The kmeme "no criticism" rule (sort of) works because they don't allow underage at all, and set the bar for age higher in the first place. The kmeme rule is set up to protect the tender sensibilities of people who fear bashing for what they prompt or write, and any readers are advised to take their sensibilities elsewhere. Why not go the other way around and make authors assume the risk? (Though really readers would have equal risk, because they could get flamed for their critiques.) That would have the effect of alienated as few people as possible. And really, the only things that I've run across I can see much controversy arising over are non-con and underage. I would think anon would be protection enough, if anyone's concerned over backlash.
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