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Lychnis posted:Yep. We're here, we're reading, and whether or not it's the message you mean to be sending us, it's one we're receiving, loud and clear. I sincerely doubt that I'm the only lurker now contemplating yet another hiatus from D&D because of these rulings. To be honest I'm in the opposite camp, I would like to see more discussion of the whole Reid thing but the way it kept getting approached in USPol was a really uncomfortable, inhuman one that would leave me less informed than feeling like I was soaked in toxic sludge. But that's mostly because USPol is so narrow a focus that it just doesn't make sense. I think the story needs to be part of the discussion, but it absolutely isn't a news item at this time. It really does seem more appropriate as part of a bigger thread about humanizing victims and discussing rape culture in general. Like the story dovetails well with what kind of hosed up poo poo women I know have had to deal with from authority figures. That may feel like a "containment thread" but I 100% gaurantee you that even explicity "containment" threads have an immense impact on forums culture. To put it another way, the USPol thread is real handy for figuring out where a bill is so posters can figure stuff out and potentially pressure their congresspeople/make calls/chit chat about votes. A thread on sexual assualt really should cover much more than that and should probably come with a less juvenile atmosphere & a solid OP with activist resources and literary works.for reference. I know the #metoo thread sputtered out, but I do think something more homegrown that was based on personal experience & knowledge would have more legs than a twitter hashtag. This isn't a "just make a thread" kind of dismissive post like Deteriota just made either, I totally get that it would he an insanely hard thread to make. Either because you're an imbecile who isn't qualified at all to discuss this (me) or because one may be dealing with trauma (even secondhand trauma) to talk about how bad the issue actually is (my big gay husband is more in that category, but he's in no state to discuss that poo poo here since he's working in a hospital lab during this loving thing)
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