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sexual assault (or assault and abuse of any kind!) is no laughing matter! yet it greatly saddens me that many people in a fandom for a colourful feminist horse cartoon — one that teaches little kids to be nice to and respect each other — consider it so! don’t be complacent about a “vocal minority.” make fandom safe for everyone.
Oh no, it’s happening again…! I knew I wouldn’t stay out for long.
This doesn’t qualify as “something major,” but rather as something new to respond to.
I don’t think I’ve “harassed” anyone more than looking through #Down with Molestia and responding to people’s posts. I even wrote a civil response to Pinkiepony. However, I’ve seen quite a few people who might fit the “harasser” description.
Next, I don’t believe all the flak (harassment or not) is just for objecting to rape jokes. It seems to be for overreacting and making false accusations (such as this that happened to me (after I tried to respond directly to Pinkiepony, of all circumstances). (You don’t want to see her response to that post, but if you want you can find it here.)
“Making fandom safe for everyone” is really not realistic, as there is much more “unsafe” content in the brony fandom. This includes clop (with which I am very familiar, as anyone who spends a minute on my blog can tell), as well as other “mature” content (“Cupcakes” and HotDiggedyDemon’s “PONY.MOV” series come to mind). (EDIT: I originally spelled it “HotDiggetyDemon”, which has been corrected.)
Right now I’m not saying if Ask Princess Molestia or Down with Molestia is right or wrong, because I’ve already done that, and I don’t want to repeat myself here (for a number of reasons). The main takeaway from my response is that this is an oversimplification of the issues surrounding “Down with Molestia.”