"I'm not crazy because I can recognize that that person over there is crazy. I'm not crazy because there are (arbitrary) lines that I will not cross."
Ooo yeah. I didn't follow Strikethrough or Boldthrough very closely, but I do recall seeing some of the "Ha! They're crazier than us!" or "How come LJ isn't going after [insert group]?"
But I think there's a difference between being squicked by something and feeling that it's "wrong."
*nods* Yeah, I think that's a very good point. Sort of off topic from your remarks, but I do think there is a difference between squicks that are not politically loaded (or not as politically loaded) and squicks that are. Because even if "Teal'c having sex" were a personal squick, that's a really problematic one when it comes to politics! And that's when I do start to look at a person's political beliefs and their LJs and stuff, because it's one thing if they write lots of COCs having sex and just not Teal'c vs. somehow not being into all COCs having sex.
Um anyway. Fandom and "wrong"-ness! Like you, I have a hard time with the notion that we should stop thinking certain things are wrong. Because on one hand... there is my personal experience with yaoi and homophobia. On the other hand... there are areas that I am not sure about, like incest and chan, and I do think some of it has been getting more mainstreamed because of specific fandoms. This is not to say that it is the fault of those fandoms; I think if another YA book/series had been a huge fandom before HP or if there were another popular show with brothers before SPN, the same thing could have happened. And of course, it's a whole 'nother ballgame for anime/manga.
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Date: 2007-08-24 10:40 pm (UTC)Ooo yeah. I didn't follow Strikethrough or Boldthrough very closely, but I do recall seeing some of the "Ha! They're crazier than us!" or "How come LJ isn't going after [insert group]?"
But I think there's a difference between being squicked by something and feeling that it's "wrong."
*nods* Yeah, I think that's a very good point. Sort of off topic from your remarks, but I do think there is a difference between squicks that are not politically loaded (or not as politically loaded) and squicks that are. Because even if "Teal'c having sex" were a personal squick, that's a really problematic one when it comes to politics! And that's when I do start to look at a person's political beliefs and their LJs and stuff, because it's one thing if they write lots of COCs having sex and just not Teal'c vs. somehow not being into all COCs having sex.
Um anyway. Fandom and "wrong"-ness! Like you, I have a hard time with the notion that we should stop thinking certain things are wrong. Because on one hand... there is my personal experience with yaoi and homophobia. On the other hand... there are areas that I am not sure about, like incest and chan, and I do think some of it has been getting more mainstreamed because of specific fandoms. This is not to say that it is the fault of those fandoms; I think if another YA book/series had been a huge fandom before HP or if there were another popular show with brothers before SPN, the same thing could have happened. And of course, it's a whole 'nother ballgame for anime/manga.