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fandomsecrets2008-05-10 05:41 pm
[ SECRET POST #491 ]
⌈ Secret Post #491 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Re: 17
(Anonymous) 2008-05-11 03:34 am (UTC)(link)I don't see any appropriation in being disgusted by an offense than isn't towards a group you belong to. Can't a white person feel disgusted by racism? Of course they can. I actually think they have more responsibility to talk against it due to their privilege.
Leaving that aside, I think that you can't say 'that's MY tragedy!' or tell the offended party in how to behave if you aren't part of that group. Objecting towards the offense? Yes, I think you should.
Look at it this way: maybe you weren't a specific rape victim, that doesn't mean you shouldn't feel disgusted and horrified and offended towards the act in question. It's called empathy.
Re: 17
(Anonymous) 2008-05-11 03:58 am (UTC)(link)Or to put it another way, it's the difference between "That's disgusting, but I acknowledge your right to make art of it, as distasteful as it is." versus "That's disgusting, and my claim to disgust trumps YOUR claim to the incident." Does that makes sense? I'm not saying that only the victims have the right to be offended: I'm saying that the participants in whatever horrible incident have a higher claim to said incident than non-involved third parties.
Which is what I somewhat read in the first comment in this chain: that if you're disgusted by something, one's disgust transcends other people's right to work with the incident. "Now, how would you feel if you found a RPG about your particular rape?....That's called trivializing a tragedy. Please, learn all of you," and all that. Sounded like a bit of appropriation to me.
I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm disagreeing with THAT. If you're that person, my apologies for misreading your intention. If not, here's clarification as to what I believe.
Re: 17
(Anonymous) 2008-05-11 04:18 am (UTC)(link)the participants in whatever horrible incident have a higher claim to said incident than non-involved third parties.
I completely agree with that. There is no doubt about that.
But you seriously believe that if someone makes a RPG out of a real person's rape without the victim consent - and said victim finds it offensive, they have the same right to 'make art' than a third party has to object that 'art'?
They are being offensive, they are trivializing a tragedy and hurting other people by doing it. You are basically saying that if you aren't the person who is hurt, you have as much right to object about that hurt than the person who is doing it has to do the damage.
If I'm being racist and offensive towards a minority that I don't belong to, a person who isn't part of that group shouldn't feel entitled to tell me I shouldn't be racist. I have a right over my racism as they have over their objection. Is that what you are saying?
Re: 17
(Anonymous) 2008-05-11 04:26 am (UTC)(link)Of course, you writing about your particular rape is another matter. You are the only victim, you have any right to do whatever you want. Even if it's only for entertainment (it could be kind of creepy, but).
Trivializing a tragedy is bad because it can hurt someone else. When it doesn't...
Re: 17
(Anonymous) 2008-05-11 04:34 am (UTC)(link)With 'someone else' I meant the victims, of course.