Discussion: Down with Molestia (Accusations)
Here’s how I think DM should ideally treat supporters of “Ask Princess Molestia”:
“You should stop supporting APM because it normalizes rape.”
Instead, what I see is this:
“If you support APM, you support rape culture.”
The difference between the two is that the first allows people who support APM to reconsider, without accusing them of supporting something that they probably don’t. Some people might like APM but not realize that it might support rape culture.
If this is supposed to be about awareness, the first one does a much better job without inciting accusations.
What’s with the tone police? Why are you telling DWM supporters how they have to behave. Most of us are being calm(ish), patient with the same arguments from hundreds of people and having to answer rudimentary questions again and again, and so on. While Molestia supporters are spouting hate, making death threats, and being general pain in the patooties. Why are you telling us how to show our support to someone who is fighting the patriarchy?
This reminds me of white people telling oppressed POC that they should be nice to white people when they get death threats from them. Like, what? Why?
I apologize for not making this clearer, but I meant initially. I just think DM might not have gotten so much flak if people worded these charges differently; I’m not “policing.”