I'm all for strident feminism. I don't think tumblr is generally doing it right.
To bring in a lighter note (and to further support your argument that the crazy arguments are just being posed by powerless idiots who can't really do any harm) there was one post I saw explaining an old ridiculous tumblr meme...
It was a gif of a cockatoo covered in melted chocolate. But half the people reblogging had no idea what in the hell it was: When it was identified as a bird covered in chocolate there was a backlash against it because ZOMG Animal Cruelty!
Except that the original image was entirely made from computer graphics. No animals were involved. But this image was seemingly reblogged absolutely everywhere surrounded by outcries about cruelty to animals before anyone worked that out.
The thing is, I feel like this way that daft things are blown way out of proportion is, to some extent, a problem across the whole internet and I feel like when it involves genuine issues in the news it has the potential to cause genuine harm. I hope I am wrong about that - and you are actually really helping to convince me that I was mistaken about it, in spite of how frustrating this exchange may have seemed.
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To bring in a lighter note (and to further support your argument that the crazy arguments are just being posed by powerless idiots who can't really do any harm) there was one post I saw explaining an old ridiculous tumblr meme...
It was a gif of a cockatoo covered in melted chocolate. But half the people reblogging had no idea what in the hell it was:
When it was identified as a bird covered in chocolate there was a backlash against it because ZOMG Animal Cruelty!
Except that the original image was entirely made from computer graphics. No animals were involved. But this image was seemingly reblogged absolutely everywhere surrounded by outcries about cruelty to animals before anyone worked that out.
The issues surrounding this meme are summed up here:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/chocolate-bird
The thing is, I feel like this way that daft things are blown way out of proportion is, to some extent, a problem across the whole internet and I feel like when it involves genuine issues in the news it has the potential to cause genuine harm. I hope I am wrong about that - and you are actually really helping to convince me that I was mistaken about it, in spite of how frustrating this exchange may have seemed.