THIS LITERALLY DOESN'T MATTER

[yvannairie]

Is pointing out when a fandom post that could be read very differently with the knowledge that it was made by someone with "pedo/abuse/incest supporter DNI" in their about getting reblogged as a "lol, relatable" post by people who definitely aren't fanpol worth it?

Is, like... taking joy from people in fandom away from them worth it when the source of that joy is someone who I feel like should be deplatformed?

Am I going crazy for being able to spot when a Funny Relatable fandom post was definitely made by someone who thinks the people reblogging it range from "horrible person" to "actual abuser"?

Am I overthinking this???

Comments

[franzeska]

Overthinking, no. Potentially tilting at windmills, yes.

A lot of the dogwhistles are so obvious that the people not noticing them are the ones with the actual issue. Spreading around the nature of the dogwhistle might work over time, but pointing out the specific instance of reblogging probably won't do anything but upset people.

[yvannairie]

Yep, I definitely realised after a moment of this that I was. Trainwrecking, lmao. I have a bad habit of reading anti discourse even though it stresses the fuck out of me and therefore I'm extremely Hip On Their Lingo and aware of their URLs... Like I mentioned in a self-reply, my problem isn't even really their stupid jokes getting spread around b/c they are perfectly innocent without the context of thoughtcrime, I'm just annoyed at so many of these people being popular to the point where even blocking and muting and filtering them doesn't always guarantee I can forget their existence. Such is Tumblr. I'm seriously considering doing a follow purge like the last time I started trainwrecking on this.