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[superborb]

Don't pay lip service to "oh we don't speak for all the diaspora" and then if someone disagrees call them names and say how much self hatred they have.

You do not speak for all the diaspora.

I try to always express myself cleanly and I'm always, always willing to change my views with more data (the sign of a scientist!). I was already hesitant to say anything bc it didn't sound like opposing views would be entertained at all, so I narrowed my arguments to the most major, (I thought) unobjectionable flaw. I doubt any of the more fuzzy ones about diaspora vs mainland politics, the element of the fantastical, or the transformative nature of our fandom would have been entertained at all!

I'm actually shocked at how upset I am over this. I'm so glad the mdzs/cql fandom let me meet new folks, but I can't say that it was a good experience overall.

(Xposted from twitter for posterity/archiving purposes)

Comments

[momijizukamori]

Oh boy I think the starting post for this this showed up on my tumblr feed, too, and while I am very much an outsider here (white American and all), that post is uh... speaking with a lot of authority for something that claims to not be speaking for everyone.....

And I think in the world of social media Hot Takes it's becoming more frequent to pull the 'no true Scotsman' thing of 'the only valid members of [x] group are the ones that agree with me' - I have definitely seen it a lot with regard to queer issues, and with mental illness stuff.

[superborb]

Yeah, that group loooooves to call people things like banana whenever they get pushback (according to the gossip). So it's definitely the same no true Scotsman nonsense.

[momijizukamori]

YIKES. Like, that's the sort of thing you could call yourself or a close friend as a joke, maybe, but as an insult? Biiiiig red flag there.