I've found that a lot of the people in fandom who yell the loudest about something being problematic are usually the ones least affected by the problem. A lot of allies to oppressed groups have a bad habit of claiming ownership or speaking over them, as if their feelings and thoughts are more important. Most of the time it comes from a genuine place, but it does more harm than good.
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(Anonymous) 2016-02-19 04:36 am (UTC)(link)I've found that a lot of the people in fandom who yell the loudest about something being problematic are usually the ones least affected by the problem. A lot of allies to oppressed groups have a bad habit of claiming ownership or speaking over them, as if their feelings and thoughts are more important. Most of the time it comes from a genuine place, but it does more harm than good.
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(Anonymous) 2016-02-19 05:39 am (UTC)(link)It is almost as if they are casting their cultural values over the very groups they claim to protect.