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someoneworthfinding) wrote2019-03-02 12:10 pm
someoneworthfinding) wrote2019-03-02 12:10 pm
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If you're spending all your fandom time hunting down people you don't agree with, bashing them, posting screenshots of the things they say that you don't like, and immediately labeling as an enemy anyone who thinks your methods are over the top, or who isn't as extreme as you... then you are no better than the pieces of shit you claim to be against.
I unfollowed a lot of people on Twitter this week after watching them attack a dear friend and since this mostly went down on Tumblr, I'm basically cutting my losses there.
I know who my friend is and what she believes, and these people accusing her of shit are deliberately bad faith reading what she said and putting words in her mouth. Because she's smart enough to know that they are bullies themselves and see themselves as fandom police. It's not right.
I know my friend is doing fine, has more important things to worry about, but it makes me so mad. I've watched the way these people built themselves up. It's the purity police, finally made their way into Supernatural fandom, and I've watched them tear people down one by one and constantly behave as though they are the righteous ones. It's bad enough seeing it happen to strangers, but to see them do it to a friend? I can't.
The theme of the Supernatural fandom is, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. These people are just as bad as the bronlies they used to prop themselves up.
The only way to win this game is to say, I don't have a boss and will do what I fucking want. So I can't wait to see my friend in person in a few weeks, and I'm going to enjoy the show and fandom the way I always have. Those people can sit and spin.
I unfollowed a lot of people on Twitter this week after watching them attack a dear friend and since this mostly went down on Tumblr, I'm basically cutting my losses there.
I know who my friend is and what she believes, and these people accusing her of shit are deliberately bad faith reading what she said and putting words in her mouth. Because she's smart enough to know that they are bullies themselves and see themselves as fandom police. It's not right.
I know my friend is doing fine, has more important things to worry about, but it makes me so mad. I've watched the way these people built themselves up. It's the purity police, finally made their way into Supernatural fandom, and I've watched them tear people down one by one and constantly behave as though they are the righteous ones. It's bad enough seeing it happen to strangers, but to see them do it to a friend? I can't.
The theme of the Supernatural fandom is, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. These people are just as bad as the bronlies they used to prop themselves up.
The only way to win this game is to say, I don't have a boss and will do what I fucking want. So I can't wait to see my friend in person in a few weeks, and I'm going to enjoy the show and fandom the way I always have. Those people can sit and spin.