Today Joss Whedon deleted/suspended his twitter.
Because the so-called Social Justice* crowd was flooding him with hatemail over Age of Ultron, because apparently it was toxic, racist, and horribly, horribly sexist.
F-ing fandom...
(*read: internet bullies who don't give a flying fuck about justice, social or otherwise. There are actual people out there fighting for real social justice and actually doing real things. They are wonderful people. Tumblr/Twitter Social Justice is an excuse to bully and belittle)
Because the so-called Social Justice* crowd was flooding him with hatemail over Age of Ultron, because apparently it was toxic, racist, and horribly, horribly sexist.
F-ing fandom...
(*read: internet bullies who don't give a flying fuck about justice, social or otherwise. There are actual people out there fighting for real social justice and actually doing real things. They are wonderful people. Tumblr/Twitter Social Justice is an excuse to bully and belittle)
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I am utterly sick of this whole internet witchburning that's become the norm. Every day we have doxxings, people actively seeking to get folks fired for disagreeing with them, and, well, shit like this. This isn't reviews. This is outright hatred lobbied directly towards the so-called trangressor. The fact that it's the norm at ALL disturbs me, but the fact that it's so interwoven with fandom hurts, because fandom used to be my happyshinyescape place… :(