We are very much a ship and let ship even if that ship is no ship forum. We believe in respect–FOR ALL IDEAS, BELIEFS, AND INTERPRETATIONS–above else. Therefore, imagine my surprise, horror, anger, and downright HURT when the first thing I discover this morning while doing my morning forum check are posts/posters calling the other side “stupid” and “jackass” which goes against the ship and let ship AND the respect rule to such an absurd extent that I am currently having trouble forming words. PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW CALLING SOMEONE STUPID OR A JACKASS IS KEEPING INLINE WITH THE RULES OF THIS FORUM
RG I didnt, nor haven’t called anyone in THIS forum (or ANY other) a JackAss or Stupid for shipping what they ship at all!
I posted the pics in response to people getting upset over having HATRED spewed at them for THEIR own ship/character beliefs etc- Not because others ship differently! I’d tell anyone the same thing- no matter what their ship is!
I have not once called anyone stupid etc for believing what they want & never will, BUT there is a MASSIVE difference to believing something different than another person & going on the attack & bashing fans & the characters they love for believing what they want- as seems to be the case on tumbler (& many other fansites- I got a good taste of it last night on FB) ATM & is what the images are a direct response to- someone coming in here after they’ve been attacked by THAT KIND OF HATER! Not simply another ship or fan who ships something differently (ie If I heard a SF/ST shipper had received the same treatment- not that I read ANY ST/SF posts though, I’d have offered the same advice- dont argue with them, they’ll drag you down & beat you, because they dont care if they hurt other people, they only care about being ‘Right’ or ‘winning’).
I kind of feel like I’ve been pounced on here- I havent (as far as I know) done anything wrong now or before now!? (If ‘JackAss’/Donkey is considered an offensive term, then I’m happy to remove it, but I thought it would be fine given similar terms used in other threads/posts here :/ ) & that I am the one coping the flack of people mud flinging “over” the triangle right across the site, when I’ve only posted in this thread since my return :/