I feel that, while there is a time and a place for outrage and protests, this HERE in LJ fandom, is not necessarily the space-time for it.
It is futile railing; because those who are causing the problems for the most part aren't HERE for the discussion, most people in fandom are at least nominally open-minded and have had some exposure to the issues via media and music and fanwork.
So what would the rants do? Possibly make those (who aren't part of the problem, who are slowly moving towards the solution, which is connectedness) feel guilty and ashamed and then overcompensating, possibly never reach the people it's directed towards, and even IF the message does reach them, would they change their minds based off of someone preaching at them?
Those who *would* change their minds are probably already heading in that direction, and I refuse to shepard their way by making them feel bad. There are better solutions.
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It is futile railing; because those who are causing the problems for the most part aren't HERE for the discussion, most people in fandom are at least nominally open-minded and have had some exposure to the issues via media and music and fanwork.
So what would the rants do? Possibly make those (who aren't part of the problem, who are slowly moving towards the solution, which is connectedness) feel guilty and ashamed and then overcompensating, possibly never reach the people it's directed towards, and even IF the message does reach them, would they change their minds based off of someone preaching at them?
Those who *would* change their minds are probably already heading in that direction, and I refuse to shepard their way by making them feel bad. There are better solutions.