I ARE SERIOUS PARISMONIA! I agree with your sentiment: it's not fun. But don't say "have to" as if somebody had a gun held to your head.
(For what it's worth, I'm not a mod anymore, I haven't been around here as much lately due to non-online commitments, so I do realize I came into this thread late. I don't mean to be stirring shit up, but I care a lot about this place.)
It's not even a fucking word, except according to Wikipedia. Tell you what, get the word in a dictionary, and I'll start believing it's a real word.
I suggest you get a dictionary made sometime after 1950, dude. My dictionary (in the form of a program that came with my mac) has it:
a•ble•ism |ˈābəˌlizəm| (also a•blism) noun discrimination in favor of able-bodied people.
Your refutation that ableism exists is just hilarious to me, in part because I have a friend doing her masters degree in Critical Disability Studies. I'd love to see you try to tell her and her class there's no such thing as ableism.
Possibly, but it could not tolerate it *without* censuring speech. Then it could embrace "ableism" *and* free speech at the same time!
Are you kidding me? You want to embrace ableism? The point is nobody should be "embracing" ableism, homophobia, racism or sexism or any kind of bigotry.
Defend their fundamental human right to say whatever the fuck they want, even if I personally disagree with it? Fuck yes.
The thing is, you can say all you want anywhere else on the Internet. Call me a bitch, or talk about how s_d is oppressive to your WILD AND FREE-THINKING WAYS and about how you feel you're "fighting the man". Here it's requested that people act like decent human beings to each other. This should really not be that big of a challenge.
Now, my opinion is that scans_daily has good rules. To me they're fair and make sense. You don't think so? Fine. You're free to express dissension here. But that doesn't give you or anyone else the right to insult and attack others. You seem to agree that it's best not to make light of rape, but you disapprove of the moderators telling people that making light of rape or objecting to rape is bad?
The correct way of dealing with trolls is to ignore them,
But sometimes silence is seen as acceptance or agreement. We like our superhero comics here. Justice must be served, you know?
I'm sure it's important to *you*
It is important to me, and I know for a fact it's important to most people here. We come here to have fun and be comics nerds together. It's not fun if people tell others to shut up when they're concerned about how rape is depicted and how women in comics are treated. The mods enable us to keep our space fun and enjoyable, free from most obvious hurtful and harmful asshats.
There are plenty of places for comics fans to excuse away sexism and have their privilege remain unchecked. This is not one of those places.
but let's get a sense of perspective: what does this mean to the world at large? Jack dick.
You haven't been around here very long, have you? I guess you missed the shitstorm when the old scans_daily was booted off of LiveJournal and the comics blogosphere couldn't shut up about it.
It means little to the world at large, but to the comics world it's a well-worn topic and is a lot of people's guilty pleasure.
you're not Grand Emperor of Dune or whatever the fuck inflated opinion you have of yourself.
Well, you're right about that. I am most certainly not the Grand Emperor of Dune.
I'm the Galactic Queen of the Cracktionary! ALL SHALL BOW BEFORE MY LARGE AND WOBBLY GELATINOUS EGO! ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAAAAAIIIIR!
Now I heartily recommend you read some of think over here. Good day, citizen.