Re: An addition and plea for moderation
You honestly have no idea about how a civil debate is led, do you? What do they teach you at school, bullylikemarauders101? Or maybe pointandlaugh?
You are stalking a journal of a woman who hasn't done anything to you except for disagreeing on an interpretation of fictional characters. She used bad judgement in a post and generalized. She should have said: some women of colour, and not women of colour. You have no clue how to keep a discussion unpersonal, apparently.
Instead, you have to go and make it personal, stalk and point, and post her name all over the place. That doesn't win you any sympathies. Nor your buddies who do likewise. These aren't the reason why Snapedom gets reported either (reported? Goodness, who are these sites, the fandom police?). They regulary get posts there, because there is a large group of people out there who thinks that jkr can do no wrong, and as soon as you contradict: bingo. A part of that group is also of the opinion that Lily is a saint, you contradict: bingo. Yet another part of that group thinks that because they have another skin colour than pink they know all there is about discrimiination and woe if you dare to not compare everything in the books to what people of colour have and had to go through. Bingo.
You get the gist.
There's such a thing as agreeing to disagree, letting people do their crazy and ignoring them, or, as was the case now, yelling at me until I take action when something crosses the line (which wasn't Mary's post). That's what keeps things peaceful. Running to your journal, summoning backup from your flist and then returning here trolling for your little wank sites won't help anyone. And don't think I don't know that your wank sites don't tolerate trolling. That's why so many of you come and post anonymous to cause wank. Then you can go and innocently report the wank. So excuse me when I'm doubtful about your sincerety.
You are stalking a journal of a woman who hasn't done anything to you except for disagreeing on an interpretation of fictional characters. She used bad judgement in a post and generalized. She should have said: some women of colour, and not women of colour. You have no clue how to keep a discussion unpersonal, apparently.
Instead, you have to go and make it personal, stalk and point, and post her name all over the place. That doesn't win you any sympathies. Nor your buddies who do likewise. These aren't the reason why Snapedom gets reported either (reported? Goodness, who are these sites, the fandom police?). They regulary get posts there, because there is a large group of people out there who thinks that jkr can do no wrong, and as soon as you contradict: bingo. A part of that group is also of the opinion that Lily is a saint, you contradict: bingo. Yet another part of that group thinks that because they have another skin colour than pink they know all there is about discrimiination and woe if you dare to not compare everything in the books to what people of colour have and had to go through. Bingo.
You get the gist.
There's such a thing as agreeing to disagree, letting people do their crazy and ignoring them, or, as was the case now, yelling at me until I take action when something crosses the line (which wasn't Mary's post). That's what keeps things peaceful. Running to your journal, summoning backup from your flist and then returning here trolling for your little wank sites won't help anyone. And don't think I don't know that your wank sites don't tolerate trolling. That's why so many of you come and post anonymous to cause wank. Then you can go and innocently report the wank. So excuse me when I'm doubtful about your sincerety.