ibarw--or go fuck yourself, [redacted 'cause holly said not to use racial slurs]

[syncope]

Anon race fail

I think this speaks for itself. But I will also link to the context:

OP with links to original fail.

I had decided not to fuel the flames on this with posting about the kink meme bullshit because the less traffic the fools get, the better, but OKAY I guess I will.

Aside from thread after thread of extreme idiocy, flagrant racism, and baiting, I feel the saddest part of the original fail (on the kink meme itself) is the mods freezing the threads and saying "stop being serious, this is for lulz." Look, I get wanting to have fun and blockading your sandbox-of-fun against srs bznz. However, perhaps you should have a policy, such as "if racism or some other ism goes down, we step back and allow others to administer a beatown" rather than freezing threads. Freezing threads is basically approval of racist remarks. You are assholes, kink meme mods. I hope you're not on my fl. I feel like you probably are, though. I think you're dicks. It's a pain in the ass to do fandom husbandry and to host something like that meme, but you have a position of authority and using it to prop up the status quo of blatant racism and the disenfranchisement of minorities is the worst sort of cowardly behavior.

I would further say that in the above spnanonymeme and on the kink meme, it seems to me the logical response is to deny the herd mentality of blind anon posting by posting in response with your lj name attached. THIS shit is why I hate anonymemes. Wanking about how lame people's fic is is one thing, devaluing fellow human beings by being an ignorant ass fuckhead is something else entirely.

Read the threads yourself and make up your own minds. I won't tell you what to think, but I know what I think myself.

Comments

[smithereen.livejournal.com]

This argument always reminds me of The Real World because there was a huge fight that Kevin (a black man) and Julie (a white woman) had the first season where he was saying black people can't be racist against white people, and Julie was like THAT MAKES NO SENSE! And it was the exact disconnect that ALWAYS happens in this argument every single time. At the time I sided with her. And then I had my first women's studies class (several years later!) where the distinction between racism and prejudice was laid out so clearly, and my very first reaction was THIS IS WHAT KEVIN WAS TALKING ABOUT! HE WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG! It was a huge revelation for me, and it was completely filtered through The Real World. That is so sad. But anyway. My point is- I don't really have one REALLY, but I will make one up now. I feel like it's really not that hard of a concept to understand if you're just willing to hear what's ACTUALLY being said, to take a second to understand how the words are being defined instead of falling into that knee-jerk defensiveness. But I don't think I've ever seen that happen.

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

OMG I REMEMBER THAT ARGUMENT. I totally didn't understand at the time, but WOW, looking back Kevin was right!

[smithereen.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who remembers that incredibly formative TV moment in my life!

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

Epiphanies come in all shapes. The reverse racism garbage pervades society, so it's not surprising that it takes a kick to the head to get the point across to people.

If only I could kick a few of the heads.