Comment on Resignation of OTW Director

  1. moljn Tue 23 May 2023 06:40PM UTC

    You're in a public forum. Deal with it.

    You claimed the archive allows CSAM, which in usual internet parlance means images of real children, and I corrected that. And then I added an opinion in relation to what else you said, because again, that's how forums work.

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    1. generalfrings Tue 23 May 2023 10:24PM UTC

      You must be from the USA, and if you're not, that's highly embarrassing that you give off that vibe. Good luck with that.

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      1. jedimasterfinch Thu 25 May 2023 09:01AM UTC

        If someone posts a comment in this pubic space which is open to all, anyone can respond. Moljn, asked or not, has the right to respond with what seem to be relevant points to others here with the same rights to this discussion regarding the archive we all access. You may disagree with their comments but labeling a diverse nation of over 330 million people descended from or emigrated from almost every country on the planet as “highly embarrassing” is insensitive. Each of us is unique, likely all of us here are allies, and we are struggling mightily to figure things out at a time of great change as technology races forward and humanity fights to evolve greater openness and acceptance of its diversity. None of us should be told to feel embarrassed about where we happened to be born.

        I understand the passion and have myself been carried away with heated commenting elsewhere in the past and so from experience on both sides, I encourage you to debate your ideas while not labeling an entire nation in such a pejorative way. Though not currently perfect, AO3 has long been striving to be a space where fans from everywhere can be safe from generalizing attacks on their ethnicity, orientation, and other immutable traits of identity. Be the change here in the comments you want to see in the archive as a whole.

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        1. generalfrings Thu 25 May 2023 09:03AM UTC

          LMAO found the other USAmerican.

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          1. tillwehavefaces Sat 27 May 2023 03:58PM UTC

            Petition to block people like you from AO3. Honestly. Then all this drama would just go away and everyone could get on happily posting and reading fanfic like we were before.

            (FYI never set foot in America)

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            1. generalfrings Sat 27 May 2023 04:01PM UTC

              Lmfaoo found another one!

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              1. tillwehavefaces Sat 27 May 2023 04:16PM UTC

                Another what? Braincell? Cool, but you'll need a lot more to do you any good.

                Last Edited Sat 27 May 2023 04:16PM UTC

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                1. generalfrings Sat 27 May 2023 04:19PM UTC

                  Lmaoo thanks for so readily helping demonstrate my point of how embarrassing it is to act like a USAmerican.

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                  1. tillwehavefaces Sat 27 May 2023 04:20PM UTC

                    The only one embarrassing themselves here is you, hun. I wouldn't like to insult any country by speculating you might be from there, though I definitely have a few in mind.

                    Last Edited Sat 27 May 2023 04:21PM UTC

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                    1. generalfrings Sat 27 May 2023 04:26PM UTC

                      LMAO Please share with the class what your astute assumptions are, we must know the USAmerican's famously accurate assumptions on the rest of the world!

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