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I think the more important point is that tumblrinaction mocks people. The same is true of shitredditsays. Both subreddits believe they are mocking and hating pe

I think the more important point is that tumblrinaction mocks people. The same is true of shitredditsays. Both subreddits believe they are mocking and hating people for good and justified reasons, but the fact is, they are communities built around hatred. Communities built around hatred, justified or not, always end up being toxic. Hatred is sometimes - rarely - justified and necessary, but it is not a healthy emotion to be the main focus on an entire community.

erglkjahlkh 12y ago
Well put. "Hatred (or hate) is a deep and emotional extreme dislike. It can be directed against individuals, groups, entities, objects, or ideas. Hatred is often associated with feelings of anger, disgust and a disposition towards hostility." -- Wikipedia (Hatred) It is alright until you get to the three last words. Disposition towards hostility. Things tend to go downhill from there, especially with large groups of people. People get dragged into all kinds of spats, some see no problem with doxxing, spreading outright lies, continuous flow of ad hominem and other logic errors, ... The a few actually good people tend to leave quietly as time passes, and what is left is toxic wasteland of bigotry.
- gigglesfact 12y ago
  Is that why the original comment got deleted for going against the narrative and pointing out the blatant bias? If you've kept up with modleaks, you'd realize srs and srd are the real "toxic" communities, which relish their identities of hate, and wheel and deal behind the scenes to spread this ideology. TiA is a sub for people who deal with this stuff in real life and would like to meet and chat with people who aren't crazy. They have strict rules about not getting involved. Unless you can show me examples of TiA doxxing or harassing. I have not seen it. Seen plenty of "justified" outrage from the SRS/SRD crowd, who think they're "punching up" because of dumb simplifications like "privilege is power + oppression".
  - brighteyes 12y ago
    TiADiscussion can be a reasonable place, at times (so can SRSDiscussion). But tumblrinaction itself spends 100% of its time mocking people, often hatefully. That's toxic.
    - gigglesfact 12y ago
      Congrats, you're a Puritan who thinks themselves progressive.
rmc 12y ago
Yes, most people on SRS hate sexism, racism etc. This is a good thing to hate. Here on HN people hate bad code, hate bad practices, had programming, etc
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- gigglesfact 12y ago
  No, they hate what they think is racism and sexism, while continuing to put people in boxes and treating them differently based on gender and ethnicity. Only now it's cis white men who are the acceptable target.
- brighteyes 12y ago
  They don't hate the abstract concepts, they clearly hate actual people. And worse, specific groups of people.
  - rmc 12y ago
    Yes, they hate racists...

erglkjahlkh 12y ago

Well put. "Hatred (or hate) is a deep and emotional extreme dislike. It can be directed against individuals, groups, entities, objects, or ideas. Hatred is often associated with feelings of anger, disgust and a disposition towards hostility." -- Wikipedia (Hatred) It is alright until you get to the three last words. Disposition towards hostility. Things tend to go downhill from there, especially with large groups of people. People get dragged into all kinds of spats, some see no problem with doxxing, spreading outright lies, continuous flow of ad hominem and other logic errors, ... The a few actually good people tend to leave quietly as time passes, and what is left is toxic wasteland of bigotry.

gigglesfact 12y ago
Is that why the original comment got deleted for going against the narrative and pointing out the blatant bias? If you've kept up with modleaks, you'd realize srs and srd are the real "toxic" communities, which relish their identities of hate, and wheel and deal behind the scenes to spread this ideology. TiA is a sub for people who deal with this stuff in real life and would like to meet and chat with people who aren't crazy. They have strict rules about not getting involved. Unless you can show me examples of TiA doxxing or harassing. I have not seen it. Seen plenty of "justified" outrage from the SRS/SRD crowd, who think they're "punching up" because of dumb simplifications like "privilege is power + oppression".
- brighteyes 12y ago
  TiADiscussion can be a reasonable place, at times (so can SRSDiscussion). But tumblrinaction itself spends 100% of its time mocking people, often hatefully. That's toxic.
  - gigglesfact 12y ago
    Congrats, you're a Puritan who thinks themselves progressive.

rmc 12y ago

Yes, most people on SRS hate sexism, racism etc. This is a good thing to hate. Here on HN people hate bad code, hate bad practices, had programming, etc

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gigglesfact 12y ago
No, they hate what they think is racism and sexism, while continuing to put people in boxes and treating them differently based on gender and ethnicity. Only now it's cis white men who are the acceptable target.
brighteyes 12y ago
They don't hate the abstract concepts, they clearly hate actual people. And worse, specific groups of people.
- rmc 12y ago
  Yes, they hate racists...