Anonymous asked:
Hey man, I really enjoyed following you for all of your content, but I noticed something recently that’s really upsetting.
I saw you talking about Pro-shipping; I don’t know if you quite understand what you’re supporting.
In disallowing “antis”, you’re inviting people who support pedophilia, incest, and all kinds of other things in those areas.
Is that seriously who you want to be associated with?
No hate, I guess. I just wanna know for my own safety so I can know whether or not I need to unfollow and the like.
autistichalsin answered:
All due respect, anon, I think it’s you who doesn’t understand the position you’re supporting.
The anti position is that pixels deserve the same rights as living, breathing human beings. The anti position is that rape and abuse are not wrong because they are a violation of human rights, but because they’re “icky”. The anti position is that the rape of a real person is not any worse than writing a story about a fictional character being raped. The anti position is that it’s acceptable to tell people to kill themselves over their tastes in fiction. The anti position is that survivors who enjoy dark fiction as a way to feel seen are the same as their abusers. The anti position is that sending reports to the FBI over stories on AO3, thus diverting resources from real children in need of rescuing from trafficking, is not only acceptable, but a moral obligation. The anti position is that fictional beings will always be more important and deserving of respect and kindness than real people.
If THAT is what you want to be associated with, then yes, perhaps you should unfollow, because I will never take the stance that a fictional character has any rights at all- let alone rights equal to a real person’s.
Also this op’s answer. And this one:
Just be respectful, tag properly so people can avoid content or find exactly what they’re looking for, blacklist and block what you dislike, and it’s all good. Proship is anti censorship aka your kink/ship is not my kink/ship and that’s okay. You don’t have to like it, you just have to curate your own internet/fandom experience and don’t engage with what/people you dislike.
“This fiction is problematic” it’s fiction. There’s nothing “problematic” about it because It’s not real. Those characters don’t exist in real life. Filter it out and move on. No need to bully people, especially over fiction, and no need to start debates on people’s taste in fiction. I, for example, am proship and I still have my own triggers and things I absolutely do not want to see in fiction, so I quietly block/filter it out when possible (when tagged properly) and go on about my own business.
Don’t be an asshole and/or a fun police. Just walk out. You can always leave, that’s what reasonable people do in real life. Have fun somewhere else if here is not you cup of tea.
