Twitter wank

[kelios]

I have some things to say about the tempest in the twitter teapot that happened yesterday. If anyone doesn't want to read them, here's your chance to run away.

Yesterday I RT'd a tweet that included the tag DestielSPNFandomEbola. I should have removed the tag, since as I pointed out later, that's not actually something I believe. I think my later comparison to cold sores is a much more apt description. However, the rest of the tweet was something I agree with wholeheartedly.

The more astute among you might have noticed that this does not sound much like an apology. That's because it's not.

I refuse to apologize for being angry at people who attack me and my friends, personally, with targeted hate, on twitter and elsewhere.

I refuse to apologize for being angry at people who consistently viciously and wrongly attack people I admire and respect, not just on twitter but on a wide variety of social media platforms.

I refuse to apologize for being angry at people who equate Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Movement with not having a fanon ship made canon on a TV show, as was stated in the recent TV Guide Online article written by a destiel shipper.

I refuse to apologize for being angry at people who demean and belittle the struggle that LGBT people face every day against discrimination and hate, a fight I'm currently facing in my personal life even as I'm typing this, by comparing it to not getting your way concerning a TV show.

I refuse to apologize for having and expressing my opinions. I've always been clear that anyone who doesn't like what I have to say is welcome to unfollow me, and I mean that absolutely--I will not make anyone feel bad for doing so, or demand explanations. I'm grateful beyond measure for my friends in this fandom, and for the people who continue to stand beside me regardless of what we do or don't agree on.

Comments

[casey679.livejournal.com]

Random reader wandering in from the rlbivob friends feed (it's a SLOW day at work)...

Is this about the whole attempt to repackage "queerbaiting" away from its original meaning (using someone's sexual orientation or presumed sexual orientation to discriminate or discredit them) to this nonsense concept of shows being allegedly mean to fans by putting in content that could be read as queer without actually making it explicitly queer?

Because if that's what this is about, I am SO fed up with it, too. More than anything, I feel like if they actually cared about queer issues, they wouldn't be revising the term and instead would KNOW its original intent and meaning.

Not sure what you're going through in your own personal life, but hang in there. Sometimes change is fucking slow in coming, but bit by bit, the fight for LGBT (and all the other acronyms as well) rights is getting there. Even this particularly bout of fanwankery is a sign of progress, that people feel comfortable enough to demand explicitly queer characters is a far, far, far cry from Stonewall. They still have their heads up their asses, but at least they're looking in the right direction.

Don't let the idiots get you down. You're not alone.

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this! When I read about the show "queer-baiting," it seems like bitter fans getting all hurt because they're not getting what they want on the show and SOMEBODY IS DOING THIS DELIBERATELY. For God's sake. As you say, the real-life struggles are important and this stuff is just...well, I wish it didn't exist.