Quick note

[cnoocy]

I've been keeping track of the discussion that is being called RaceFail09 on rydra_wong's lj. I don't have anything really deep to say about it, because I am very much reading and learning. But I do want to say this:

Publicizing any personal details, including their legal name, about someone who has requested that those details stay private is horrendously offensive and not to be easily forgiven. And you cannot make the argument that your target justified your behavior by saying bad things about your real name in public if you chose to participate in a discussion under your real name. You both brought a persona to the table, and each of you made the choice what data to link to that persona.

Comments

[tablesaw]

Well I'm definitely not telling folks everything I think they should know; I'm just telling the parts that I think I can communicate.

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

That's as much as I need to know. Er, I mean...in all seriousness, it's not that I don't care about racism; I just don't care as much about sf fandom as I used to (and while I love sf, I never cared about its fandom that much to start with). Following this would take far, far more energy than I have to spare these days.

[tablesaw]

I'll rephrase. There's a lot of really thoughtful and helpful posts that have come out of this discussion that stand on their own even for people who aren't invested in the specifics of the community. And I haven't been making a particular effor to link to those posts (or to evaluate other linkspams other than rydra_wong's comprehensive collection) in my journal. I may reconsider that.

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

I started to look at Rydra's collection of links and found it far too overwhelming. What I'd love is a neutral summary, perhaps with a handful of links, preferably just with a few major quotes pulled out. Alas, Wikipedia has no article about this (and that may be just as well, but then again, tracking current events is otherwise one of the things that Wikipedia tends to be good for).