This is an eta to the comment above, which did not fit in before the reply. It seems to apply here, also.
While I can quite agree with loathing blatant classism and nasty stereotyping, I really have to say, strolling into someone's comments and starting out by telling her that you loathe and despise her developing new fandom in its entirety is really uncool. I'm happy to discuss particular things within the fandom that may well be loathsome, but only if you can manage specifics instead of the kind of hyperbole that insults me inclusively, especially after you have presumably already seen my attempts to address some of those specifics.
That post engages in thoughtless and, on the face of it, classist stereotyping about the punk movement, yes. That is wrong and worth calling out. But it also makes some thoughtful and useful answers to the anti-political faction within steampunk, which is a darn good thing to be doing. The second does not excuse the first, but neither should the first be a reason to ignore the second and declare the whole project despicable.
Short form: If you genuinely are trying to insult me, please take a hike. If you aren't, please be more specific in your denunciations.
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Date: 2010-07-04 07:48 pm (UTC)This is an eta to the comment above, which did not fit in before the reply. It seems to apply here, also.
While I can quite agree with loathing blatant classism and nasty stereotyping, I really have to say, strolling into someone's comments and starting out by telling her that you loathe and despise her developing new fandom in its entirety is really uncool. I'm happy to discuss particular things within the fandom that may well be loathsome, but only if you can manage specifics instead of the kind of hyperbole that insults me inclusively, especially after you have presumably already seen my attempts to address some of those specifics.
That post engages in thoughtless and, on the face of it, classist stereotyping about the punk movement, yes. That is wrong and worth calling out. But it also makes some thoughtful and useful answers to the anti-political faction within steampunk, which is a darn good thing to be doing. The second does not excuse the first, but neither should the first be a reason to ignore the second and declare the whole project despicable.
Short form: If you genuinely are trying to insult me, please take a hike. If you aren't, please be more specific in your denunciations.