Tw: Anti - Tumblr Posts

Because there's a difference between civil discussion on the factual nature of something and telling someone when their views are blatantly bigoted (i.e; "all gay people should die") vs telling someone to kill themselves because they wrote Stefan x Damon Salvatore fanfiction.

Harassment =/= any and every negative response or neutral correction to something.

I'll admit, perhaps "call out" was aggressive phrasing. How about we try; "point out." "Educate." "Initiate civil corrections and/or discussions." "Respectfully challenge a bigoted or incorrect statement with intent to correct it or explain why it is bigoted/incorrect."

If I say to someone;

"Hey, just so you know, this information in your post in incorrect." "Actually what you're saying is harmful transphobic rhetoric so unless its your intention to be transphobic, you should consider finding alternate statements or take time to recess and evaluate your opinion." "It might be better if you allow people with more knowledge on this subject to speak rather than speaking from a place of limited understanding."

That is not harassment. And that is the intention of my statement. I hope you understand now. My apologies if my phrasing in one paragraph prompted you to misinterpret the entirety of my post.

Anti-censorship simply means the inherent freedom of something to exist. It does not mean that it has the inherent freedom to exist without response.

I also genuinely can't get over you saying misinformation should remain uncorrected as long as the original poster is happy. Like. What a way to ruin any outstanding point you might've had otherwise.

(Also, likewise, I was not solely referring to fanfiction in the matter you seemed to imply. I am referring to all content as a whole, because harassment is not and has never been limited to just fanfiction, although its a frequent victim.)

It might help you, perhaps, to re-evaluate your understanding of harassment and what it entails. Harassment is a specific type of behavior with a specific type of intention, not just literally saying anything that isn't positive.

Actually there's nothing wrong with blocking or reporting people, deleting comments and refusing to respond/engage with hate and baiting on any level whatsoever. They are not owed your time or explanations. They are not owed your energy. You are not immature or incapable for choosing to refuse to engage instead of choosing to argue and expend energy.

Obviously if you're making uneducated, incorrect or bigoted content then yeah, be prepared for people to call you out and challenge your statements and views, but I'm talking in general.

Hate comment on your fic? That's cool, baby. Just delete it.

Someone's trying to bait you into arguing about your stance on something? Whatever. Its all groovy. Block 'em.

You got a clear visual that someone's just gonna keep coming back at you? Have a report button. Its free. I'll give you as many as you need.

You don't need to facilitate that. You don't need to see it. You don't need to spend your time trying to challenge someone who's obviously either in a bad mentality or is just a shitty person as a whole. You simply Do Not. You don't need to allow that person to have a space and a voice within yours. You don't need to allow them to be able to spew their bullshit for you and everyone else to see outside of their own little bubble.

Next time you get a hate comment on AO3? Wham, bam, its gone, ma'am. No thank you. Anon hate mail? Not in this household.

You have no obligation to facilitate any of it, and anyone who tries to force you into thinking otherwise is simply incorrect. Their action does not inherently demand your reaction. Plus, its objectively more hilarious to know that the sole outcome of their spitefulness and negativity is them getting even angrier because you're refusing to engage and refusing to feed their need for a response.

And you people call pro-shippers unhinged and depraved and immoral. You chose to stalk her and expose yourself to her content. You are the only foul person to blame in this situation.

For both your sakes, just change groups and pretend she doesn't exist. She has every right to do as she pleases on her personal devices, and you have every right to not interact with her.

And on a personal note? I hope she finds this post and reports you.

There is a pro shit weirdo assigned to be in my group for a project in one of my grad school classes. I could scream. I know she's a pro shit because she writes on Ao3 during class. I managed to snag her user and it is something else! And not in a good way.

At this point, Imma just smile and nod. I don't have the energy to confront her, but I literally would not care if she died in a car crash.