I consider myself a feminist. I ****ing hate rape apologists (I'd say "you know who you are", except most of you probably don't) and would love to see trigger warnings become an everyday gesture of common courtesy. But I am appalled by the idea of trying to outright destroy *fiction*, even if it's stupid tasteless **** that I'm personally triggered by. Hence, I am appalled by all these people *celebrating* over Ask Princess Molestia being cease and desist'ed.
To me, there's a pretty obvious line between reality and fantasy. I've personally done and enjoyed things in fantasy that would get me or the performers executed in real life, or would trigger the **** out of people who've experienced similar things in reality. The reason I can enjoy something in fantasy while being horrified by it in real life is because fantasy is not real. No one is being hurt by it, the rules are different, and I shouldn't have to write an entire ****ing essay about how fantasy and reality are not one and the same.
If someone thinks rape or racism or something can be fun or funny in a non-serious context, fine, whatever. Put a warning on it so folks can navigate around it, etc. I'm cool with it as long as it's neither real nor shoved in my face.
I have a problem when people think it's okay or funny in real life. Or when they see no problem with throwing rape jokes and such around in public where they're likely to hit somebody who, y'know, would really really prefer to avoid contact with that thankyouverymuch.
But I don't see how a few ****ing pixels on a screen are capable of invading your personal space without your permission. Or how pixels would be capable of having any real-life opinions about who should be mistreated and why. If Calpain and JJ and crew are being sexist douchenuggets in real life, go ahead and criticize/hate them for that. But that's not what I've seen people complaining about. I've seen people campaigning to destroy a work of *fiction*.
I need to go take a break now.
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