as pro-shippers, we MUST be aware of how our arguments can be used by bigots & strive to be anti-censorship without pandering to those who would use their freedom of speech to support toxic power structures.
Rape culture is real.
Noncon fic =/= rape culture.

some of our rhetoric appeals to alt-righters & other bigoted groups. our words DO ring true w/ those who want their freedom to be transphobic or in other ways bigoted (“pronouns in bio”).

We should not be pro-“do anything you want”.
We should be pro-education, pro-trigger warnings, pro-exploration, pro-expression, & pro-sex.

Our priorities are not “freedom to be a bigot”, they are “freedom of expression”

Media reflects & supports widespread power structures. Rape jokes in mass media are harmful. The spread of misinformation is harmful.

What ISN’T, is our community of self-expression, education, & sex-positivity that embraces the complications of dark themes & sexuality.

We should not be “anti-sjw”. I’ve seen too much of that bouncing around, along with the rhetoric of “lol antis are just triggered”. CUT THAT SHIT OUT.

this was a rambly thread, might come back later, thank you

Another thought: anti-shippers’ whole movement is modelled after feminist critique. we should put thought into arguing back without shifting to the side with anti-feminism.

Here’s how I see the difference: my anti-censorship argues for people to be able to ask difficult questions & explore dark, problematic, or harmful topics safely: in fiction, with the backing of education to know what they’re writing about (tagging & warnings). —

—NOT for people to spread protected hate speech or to support mass media that uncritically or without warning shows bigotry or violence as the norm.

ex. tagged noncon art, showing rape as funny or consensual, harassing survivors on twitter