A Post, A Response, and a Resource.

[browngirl]

So _dahne_'s post calling for an end to social justice in fandom is being much discussed. I took down my post from yesterday, which was more emotional and disorganized than I like, and instead of rewriting it I'll link to this response at foc_u.

Also, brighteyed_jill has linked to the sensible post, On Having That Conversation. This is the post that _dahne_ purports to have written, but hers is very much not.

Now, having said all that, I'm going to go work on a story for my next post here.

Comments

[flwrpwr-vampyre.livejournal.com]

I don't even know how to respond to dahne since the response boils down to 'How the fuck is trying not to be racist and ablist and, I don't know, a decent person equal being too politically correct?'

We at least agree on one thing, the term politically correct has gone on too far since people can say horrible things and then just whine that they don't have to be pc and how dare we try and make them.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Oh, I say unto thee: word.

[temima.livejournal.com]

"How the fuck is trying not to be racist and ablist and, I don't know, a decent person equal being too politically correct?"

I personally thought that was something that (X > 1) number of people try to pound into the heads of AS kids (or at least me): not everyone reacts to things the same way you do. Not everyone notices what you notice. People can have different feelings about the same event. Whether or not that changes what you do, that is another story.

It's the 'changing what you do' bit that makes people uncomfortable.

[flwrpwr-vampyre.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I'm a little confused about the first part of the second paragraph. What does AS mean?

[temima.livejournal.com]

Autistic spectrum

[flwrpwr-vampyre.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you!