Nov 8, 2015 09:38 AM
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-atte...t-bullying
EXCERPT: [...] One Tumblr user [...] told me she [...reported...] ten of Paz’s harassers [...] to the police for cyberbullying [...] The constant stream of harassment reached a tipping point on October 20, when Paz put up a post suggesting announcing that she was going to attempt suicide. She was taken to the hospital, then took a few days off to be with her family and friends.
The events, along with the media coverage, created a wider discussion in the Tumblr community [...] But it also brought far more extreme users out of the woodwork, ones who still insist on attacking Paz. Some of her most enduring critics insisted that her suicide attempt was faked [...]
The fallout split members of the Steven Universe fandom on Tumblr in two: those who claimed that Paz’s artwork was regressive/problematic and believe that she deserves to be continuously policed, and those who support her brand of artistic freedom and believe that the community’s aggressive brand political correction is shutting out potential and important voices in the community.
As many [...] have pointed out, the site's userbase can’t claim it supports the ideals of creative freedom, problematic or not, if it polices itself into extreme forms of censorship and creates a hostile environment where nothing can really be accomplished.
As user [...] writes: “The most mind blowing thing for me is this; social justice warriors [...] have good intentions, but they lose those good intentions as soon as they insult/belittle/attack/harass/etc other people. They don’t care if they make a ‘privileged’ individual cry or hurt themselves. You want to change things? Don’t put someone down to bring someone higher. That is not equality.”
Another Tumblr user [...] thinks this will certainly cause a chilling effect among other Tumblr artists: “For many other artists this is the place where they come to be who they really are [...] where they could take a break and have fun, without being judged for liking ponies or homestuck or whatever. But look at what you’ve done. You’ve made a social network made for artists and fans [into a social justice warrior] circlejerk where you get to choose who stays and who is [...] scum that deserves to be harassed to death. Well done....”
EXCERPT: [...] One Tumblr user [...] told me she [...reported...] ten of Paz’s harassers [...] to the police for cyberbullying [...] The constant stream of harassment reached a tipping point on October 20, when Paz put up a post suggesting announcing that she was going to attempt suicide. She was taken to the hospital, then took a few days off to be with her family and friends.
The events, along with the media coverage, created a wider discussion in the Tumblr community [...] But it also brought far more extreme users out of the woodwork, ones who still insist on attacking Paz. Some of her most enduring critics insisted that her suicide attempt was faked [...]
The fallout split members of the Steven Universe fandom on Tumblr in two: those who claimed that Paz’s artwork was regressive/problematic and believe that she deserves to be continuously policed, and those who support her brand of artistic freedom and believe that the community’s aggressive brand political correction is shutting out potential and important voices in the community.
As many [...] have pointed out, the site's userbase can’t claim it supports the ideals of creative freedom, problematic or not, if it polices itself into extreme forms of censorship and creates a hostile environment where nothing can really be accomplished.
As user [...] writes: “The most mind blowing thing for me is this; social justice warriors [...] have good intentions, but they lose those good intentions as soon as they insult/belittle/attack/harass/etc other people. They don’t care if they make a ‘privileged’ individual cry or hurt themselves. You want to change things? Don’t put someone down to bring someone higher. That is not equality.”
Another Tumblr user [...] thinks this will certainly cause a chilling effect among other Tumblr artists: “For many other artists this is the place where they come to be who they really are [...] where they could take a break and have fun, without being judged for liking ponies or homestuck or whatever. But look at what you’ve done. You’ve made a social network made for artists and fans [into a social justice warrior] circlejerk where you get to choose who stays and who is [...] scum that deserves to be harassed to death. Well done....”