[ SECRET POST #3812 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3812 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 38 secrets from Secret Submission Post #546.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

on my reading, OP is making a moral argument against this particular mode of shipping. i cannot really figure any other way of constructing their secret - it is framed as a moral-political argument. and as a general rule, making a moral criticism of something implies that people ought not do it, unless you have some extremely non-standard views of morality. they're not stopping anyone from doing anything but - as far as I can tell - the logical implication of the argument almost has to be that people ought not to do what they are doing. to the extent that we care about being moral, that requires us to engage with the argument. like come on dude.

TBH I think that this line of argument (that criticism is not stopping anyone from doing anything!) often has a valid point but the reflexive use of it has reached the point where it's often almost entirely nonsensical. particularly if someone is saying that something is immoral, it's just insane.

[(Anonymous)]

Another anon in this thread:

Exactly. You can use the 'they didn't say to stop doing it' argument if the person is saying they dislike something. That's their personal preference, which is different from saying everyone who writes or draws for a certain kind of ship is, basically, contributing to oppression and stereotyping of others and of themselves.

I would like to see anon argue this is not a moral judgment because I imagine it's fantastically convoluted and full of backpedaling.