all-about-male-privilege:

[image description added by Harrison: screen shot of reddisred’s blog. Text reads “I really hope that vegetable person realizes that small arms are absolutely useless against tanks. Fun fact: tanks were developed in WWI to manuever over rugged terrain and protect the inhabitants from machine gun fire. WONDER WHY YOUR SEMI DOESN’T WORK” end description] ‘Vegetable’, as you should well know, is a slur against those that are physically or mentally handicapped and to have it used in this context is no less offensive than using words like ‘retard’. mod note: We would be happy to talk to Redd about this if this was actually the case. You see, Redd was responding to a user named “freebroccoli” as seen here: [image description added by Harrison: screen shot of conversation on reddisred’s blog. Reddisred said, “I wish middle class white semi-automatic gun nuts would realize that the government has nuclear weapons and tanks. Good luck defending yourself from a government with the best-funded, most technologically advanced military in the world.” Freebroccoli replies “If the time comes when we need to turn weapons against the government, I’d rather be fighting tanks with a semi-automatic rifle than a handgun or a knife. That the government’s enforcers have superior arms to its citizens is not a good argument for further disarming the citizens.” Reddisred responds with “oh my god, I found the paranoid white person.” end description] So, she wasn’t using that term in an ableist manner; she was using it to refer to a user who’s name contains a vegetable. Thanks for your concern, and I hope we’ve cleared up this issue. -Capn

Are you kidding me? If you’re going to make me add all your image descriptions for you, you may as well make me a mod. I literally just called you on not adding image descriptions to one of your images yesterday, and here we are again. This is ludicrous, especially after your grand announcement by dance that you were adding transcripts and image description to avoid “potentially alienating deaf, hard of hearing or visually impaired people.” Christ on a cracker. Do or do not. There is no try.

(Also, potentially? POTENTIALLY?!)

[image description: ask to blog all-about-male-privilege. User imgladyoureherebrolin asked “People complaining about the lack of safety, are people complaining because of actions by certain mods, and the refusal to include those readers, instead alienating them and triggering them, and not giving a shit when you do. Intersectional includes more than race and gender, it includes disabilities, all body types, etc. This blog fails to include people with physical disabilities, mental disorders/traumas etc. and writes off their experience, while purporting a “safe space”. It’s hypocrisy.” AAMP mod dance replied “How are we writing off the experiences of people with disabilities and disorders? I honestly don’t mean that in a defensive way, it’s a straight question. I have multiple disabilities and mental health conditions and find your accusation really upsetting; how can I do better to make this a safer space? People attack this blog for its failings but no-one ever seems to offer any solutions. for example, we’ve started putting audio and picture descriptions after being called out for potentially alienating deaf/HOH and visually impaired people. I welcome constructive criticism but a lot of people seem to just want to talk smack and don’t care about making anything better. I‘m trying my best here but I need help to understand how to improve.”



