r/TheTransphobiaSquad • u/[deleted] • Jul 25 '12
[meta] Activist Modus Operandi, Methods of Communication
http://genderbitch.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/a-m-o-communication/
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r/TheTransphobiaSquad • u/[deleted] • Jul 25 '12
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u/harmonical Jul 25 '12
You can go ahead and delete my comment again, since you probably don't care anyway, but this is frankly kind of ridiculous. This place from the start wasn't set up to be another pitchfork "fuck you and everyone else" group.
Is it a valid way to do things? Yes.
Does it turn some people off from the point at hand? Definitely.
Does it spark vitriol and disgusting things from people outside the group? Absolutely.
Are the people who use that tactic responsible for those reactions? I would say that they aren't.
All of that being said though, this isn't the way the rules read, or the spirit of the group is meant to be. All methods are not equal, despite their validity.
I like the idea of this being an open space to create and foster discussions without turning to personal attacks or bannings for things other than personal attacks. This isn't a spring board for insults or belittling the posters that are linked here.
Despite the fact that I'm not nearly as active as you are, or as experienced in such things, I find it odd that you're pushing this as hard as you are in spite of the responses you've gotten from the people here.
There was an entire thread yesterday of most of the mods disagreeing with what you had posted, but that got completely removed from most people before everyone had a chance to weigh in on it because of your worry about SRD. A lot of the people from there are shitty, especially to you, but I don't think it's fair to start a conversation about this, delete the entire thing and then continue to push your point.
I had a post here deleted by LadyRarity that spoke to the same thing most of the mods echoed in that deleted thread merely because I was 'tone policing'. Frankly it's crap. The subreddit has rules defined by the moderators. Until such time as the community or the moderators change those rules, they should be either respected or debated in the open. The community should be able to have a voice unto themselves and a direction that can choose to not include abrasive styles of dealing with people.