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The on-line forums 20 years ago that I mention were on Usenet. My understanding is that the criticism and grief were less welcome on feminist channels than on S
by bertil 11y ago
The on-line forums 20 years ago that I mention were on Usenet. My understanding is that the criticism and grief were less welcome on feminist channels than on Star Trek fan boards.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoHow many early 90s trekkies (sorry, "trekkers") did you actually know.
- bertil 11y agoTrekkies? Many, but not one that would call you a rapist for disagreeing with them, i.e. none that think that is it appropriate and fair to you put you in jail, where you’d get beat and raped on a daily basis for a decade, with no possible recourse, for suggesting that their point of view might be partial. Did I mention suicide rates? I know: That got very real very fast, didn’t it? De-humanising your dissenters can have such strangely overwhelming consequences. I mean, just look at every conversation the original article quotes: death-threats are hardly the worst. That’s why when someone claims (proudly) to have invented the key-word for empowering something like that, I pay attention. I couldn’t find the reference where she did, though.