Theener ([info]truckers_child) wrote in [info]feminist_rage,
@ 2008-05-05 08:32:00
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Nothing like a fresh Banning in the morning
[info]earthstone has been banned for being unsupportive, being unsupportive, telling the OP straight up that she doesn't agree with hir, questioning why we would think that rape jokes aren't funny, and finally, for getting defensive instead of just apologizing to the OP.

Did I mention that all of this happened on one post?

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[info]mare_in_flames
2008-05-05 01:05 pm UTC (link)
Bless you, mods.

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[info]tupelo_lights
2008-05-05 01:08 pm UTC (link)
Hooray.

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[info]myfriendjenny
2008-05-05 01:15 pm UTC (link)
Thank you.

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[info]bluebuckeye
2008-05-05 01:49 pm UTC (link)
Woah. They obviously hadn't read the rules. No matter. I don't think I really want someone in here who thinks rape jokes are funny. :-(

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[info]nerweniel
2008-05-05 02:25 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I saw some of those comments yesterday, and... *applauds mods*.

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[info]misti_k
2008-05-05 02:27 pm UTC (link)
I guess I don't understand how her comments were unsupportive. She agreed with part of the OP and simply stated she found them funny. How is that not supportive?

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[info]bravest_unsaid
2008-05-05 04:18 pm UTC (link)
How can finding extremely misogynist shit that the OP is raging about funny anything but unsupportive?

I mean, sure, she didn't call the OP any names, but she "totally loves" the graphic misogyny that offends the OP. The whole point of this safe space is to be supported in one's rage at a misogynist society. How could laughing at rape jokes be anything but totally inappropriate here? (Or anywhere else, IMO.)

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[info]truckers_child
2008-05-05 04:47 pm UTC (link)
I explained why I found her comments un-supportive, here, and though zie isn't a mod, I thought that [info]tayefeth explained it pretty well, also, not to mention [info]mexicanicepick's response to your comment, here.

We're not the thought police, we're just saying that this is a place that exists for the purpose of support and solely for the purpose of support. We're not an educational community, though education does happen here.

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[info]misti_k
2008-05-05 06:33 pm UTC (link)
Wow. Duly noted. I'll keep opinions to myself.

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[info]guinevere33
2008-05-05 06:52 pm UTC (link)
I've read rages here that I disagree with (see: the Yale abortion "art" fiasco). But as this is a venting community, people post here looking for validation and support. So if I take issue with what the poster's saying, I keep that to myself and just don't post a response.

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[info]truckers_child
2008-05-05 08:06 pm UTC (link)
In which case, best of luck finding a community that better meets your needs.

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[info]iamme598
2008-05-05 05:05 pm UTC (link)
As the OP, I'd like to say that I felt really unsupported by her comments.

I posted about the issue here because it really upset me, and I knew that in any other place, people would tell me to "lighten up" and to "get a sense of humor." Joking about abusive shit isn't funny; people who can't see that, and people who try to excuse misogyny as a simple matter of "not being PC," probably shouldn't express those views in a safe space like this one.

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[info]truckers_child
2008-05-05 05:11 pm UTC (link)
As the OP, I'd like to say that I felt really unsupported by her comments.

I was going to mention that. That's the most important thing, here.

In addition, I would like to apologize for that.

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[info]iamme598
2008-05-05 10:00 pm UTC (link)
Thanks. It's really nothing you have to apologise for, though. No one (not even the awesome feminist_rage mods) can stop people from saying hurtful things; all you can do is enforce the rules, which you all do really well. So, I still feel like this is a safe space for me. :)

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[info]hopita
2008-05-05 02:38 pm UTC (link)
Her last comment kind of blows my mind. I mean, if replies to your threads have been frozen, then maybe it's time to take your conversation off-list and, you know, not just start another thread. Yowza.

Edited at 2008-05-05 02:39 pm UTC

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[info]veleda_k
2008-05-05 02:52 pm UTC (link)
Sometimes people just baffle me. Makes me want to shout, "Do you get the point of this community at all?!"

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[info]ladieaj
2008-05-05 03:25 pm UTC (link)
You know, if it were about any other thing - if this were any other community - I would be saying "well, she wasn't disrespectful in the way that she disagreed..." but those Unforgivable movies make me sick. Rape jokes make me sick. My little sister loves that ridiculous Unforgivable series and quotes it and it disturbs me deeply.

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[info]emiofbrie
2008-05-05 03:58 pm UTC (link)
I just don't understand how someone could have been here for months and just. not. get. it.

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[info]modillian
2008-05-05 04:05 pm UTC (link)
Thank you.

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[info]terry_terrible
2008-05-05 04:08 pm UTC (link)
Thank you. That person was totally clueless.

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[info]roshismomma
2008-05-05 04:27 pm UTC (link)
Thank you. I saw some of the comments and... even though I too am a nearly brand new member to this community, I was appalled.

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[info]seeinglife
2008-05-05 04:55 pm UTC (link)
What I love about this place: unlike the rest of the world, you *will* get called out on your shit, and you *will* face consequences. I don't have to try to figure out some chain of authorities and hope they deign to consider my concerns of merit; I see out of line shit here and I know I don't have to bother getting worked up because mods *will* clear it up rapidly as soon as it's seen. So thanks for maintaining a safe space like this.

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[info]veleda_k
2008-05-05 05:07 pm UTC (link)
Exactly. I'm invalidated and ignored so often, that this is one of the few places that I really feel safe. Go feminist rage mods!

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[info]muv_and_zee
2008-05-05 04:59 pm UTC (link)
Yay team.

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[info]mooncrab
2008-05-05 08:01 pm UTC (link)
I was wondering when that was going to happen.

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[info]lunarwhirl
2008-05-05 08:18 pm UTC (link)
Thank you.

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[info]lost_angelwings
2008-05-05 09:16 pm UTC (link)
Thank you. :\ Her comments rly troubled me and esp since she persisted and then posted to get around a frozen thread to defend herself :(

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[info]spikeface
2008-05-06 04:54 am UTC (link)
Thank you.

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Thank you!
[info]stillinhell
2008-05-06 05:20 am UTC (link)
Thanks mods for being so great.

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