You know what's the difference between this and the cat photos (and I'm with you on the loving cat photos)? The people who are doing the complaining are complaining not because their finger hurts from all the scrolling, but because they feel uncomfortable about *isms and being called *ist. Because they could be. Because I could be. They like their privilege, and the internet is the ultimate level playing ground, in that here, they can't automatically dismiss someone in their head for being x, looking y, or speaking z. Because they can't see them.
I found the dialogue (don't know how many comments you read on the posts on this topic) quite intriguing because it consistently referred to 'dreamwidthers', as if they are an interest group, who had 'a different agenda'. And I can see why DW is the one place to migrate to if you are less used to privilege swinging in your favour. The level of paranoia that these people exhibit ("there's nowhere in fandom you can just write what you want anymore -- they're taking over!" *wail*) is the same paranoia of establishment happy, privileged people.
And they need to learn that it has no place in fandom, because fandom is a level playing ground and they may just find themselves outnumbered.
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I found the dialogue (don't know how many comments you read on the posts on this topic) quite intriguing because it consistently referred to 'dreamwidthers', as if they are an interest group, who had 'a different agenda'. And I can see why DW is the one place to migrate to if you are less used to privilege swinging in your favour. The level of paranoia that these people exhibit ("there's nowhere in fandom you can just write what you want anymore -- they're taking over!" *wail*) is the same paranoia of establishment happy, privileged people.
And they need to learn that it has no place in fandom, because fandom is a level playing ground and they may just find themselves outnumbered.
(So, this got lengthy, soz.)