Fandom

[alexandral]

I was thinking a lot today and yesterday and decided to make clear my own position on some things, mainly because at some point I did join with the fandom crowd in laughing (only indirectly and nobody probably knew, but I still did) in the latest Fandom Scandal:

Even if I find somebody’s position and actions wrong I really really dislike bad talking and mocking behind this person’s back. Even if this first person is wrong. I dislike it much more then first person’s wrong actions and positions. I am more then fine with disagreements and even arguments, and even if people say not only nice things to each other.. But mocking the others not in their presence – IS WRONG in my book..

Because of it I do apologise for having an un-intentional laugh to the person involved in the latest Fandom Scandal.

(And it is definitely JUST ME!!!!!)

Comments

[koalathebear.livejournal.com]

Mini hijack sorry .... It occurs to me yet again that alexandral is the last person in the world who should have apologised given that she is one of the the sweetest and loveliest people in the world.

You've come out and confessed to being mocky now and then I have to confess that sometimes I'm also guilty of eye-rolling and a giggle .... It occurs to me though, that the bulk of the people who are out there doing the actual mocking and attacking are probably completely oblivious of the fact that there's anything vaguely 'not so right' about their conduct.

I suppose they feel that they're performing a necessary social service or something but I suspect it never crosses their mind that there's a difference between social commentary / satire and ..... whatever it is that they're doing. Perhaps it's a fine line. Then again I might be a little old-fashioned because it seems as though the Internet makes a lot of things all right these days that might not be quite so acceptable if they took place in an offline world.

Sorry didn't mean to ramble but your post made me think. Have a wonderful holiday in Italy.

[queenofthorns.livejournal.com]

I don't think personal attacks ("you suck and I wish you'd crawl back under the rock you came from") are ever justified or justifiable; I do think mocking someone's BEHAVIOR/ATTITUDE is OK as long as it doesn't become personal (i.e. I have written parody badfic, just because something was too funny to pass up) becuase although I'm glad there are no actual fandom police sometimes people's behavior does violate an implicit social norm. And social norms aren't a BAD thing ;)

Thanks for the holiday wishes, and I enjoyed the ramble.