Reply #55: Well, it seems as if it's just "umbrage upon outrage" that's beginning to spiral

[CakeGrrl]

I've seen threads open up to ask "why can't people express their outrage?" What's the point of those threads? Isn't the existence of thread after thread after thread about Warren proof that people are expressing themselves to their hearts' content?

My question is "Why do people seem to be offended by those they consider to be 'Net Nannies'?" Clearly people aren't inhibited from opening a thread to discuss Warren or the implications for GLBT issues. Is it that people get really, really pissed at anyone seeming to suggest that they do something?

I submit that ANY directives given to ANY group on this issue aren't productive, IF in fact people are truly telling the GLBT posters to "get over it" or "sit down and shut up". If that's been happening, I haven't seen it lately. I did see several posters get TSed for choosing an anti-GLBT response to a poll.

It goes both ways. I've seen people say that non-GLBT community members need to learn to recognize GLBT anger or to get educated. What makes people think they don't recognize it or empathize? What do they want the non-GLBT members to do?

Having said all that, I guess it comes down to everyone deciding how pissed off they're going to be, and at what. And how much time they want to spend thread-hopping to say the same stuff. I'm definitely setting a limit for myself. After that, it's like the wheels are spinning.