- cross-posted to:
- lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org
cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/48874
Here are some interesting takes on how Puritanism has harmed lgbtq+ spaces online and the internet in general.
Just found this post and had to share since it rings extremely true, at least with my perception of young furries on twitter, especially when they found out I have a feral 'sona.
Fortunately I deleted twitter.
I find that this problem isn’t as prevalent on well moderated telegram and discord spaces. Where it thrives and it often gets to toxic levels is Twitter because no one can tell them “hey, calm down or I’ll temporarily ban you”. They often just shout relentlessly.
I remember seeing a minor telling a furry that his dog fursona had “zoophilic teeth”, because it was a dog fursona with canine teeth instead of human teeth.
Opinions like “if you watch yiff with characters who’ve got anatomically correct genitalia you’re an animal abuser”. These things are super common on Twitter and there’s no one who can stop them like on discord or telegram and they keep getting worse and worse.
i think these are good examples of extremism that not only cut off the voice of the person on the other end, but crudely cut this person down to an accusation. there is no respect here, no discourse here, and only a moltov cocktail towards someone who, for all intents and purposes, is 99% of the time not doing what is accused. it’s such a tough topic, imo, because when there is enough evidence that someone is harming someone or animals then, of course, i would hope that they are reported appropriately so that no one or no living thing is harmed or harmed any longer. what’s just as harmful are these huge leaps from imagination to reality like “zoophilic teeth”. i’m sure the shouter didn’t bother to explain, or respectfully bring up their concern. the words are meant to scathe. and that, to your point, is how it starts to damage safe spaces and fandoms.
Yeah, exactly. Things get bad when civility is thrown out of the window in favor of accusations.