beetiger

Yes, I'm pretty darned cranky about censorship and poor communication on the part of SUP.

But I think the thing that maybe some people don't understand, both some people who are choosing to participate in this "strike", and some people who are laughing at them, is that this isn't a strike at all. It's a symbolic protest. This can't be about hurting LJ/SUP at all, because it doesn't. Thinking about whether it's effective in an immediate, practical sense is not the right question at all.

I've been at a large number of symbolic protests in my life, and I intend to go to many more. I've gone to queer kiss-ins, Days of Remembrance, anti-war rallies, marches against violence against women. They're very important, and they're important because they give people who have been disenfranchised and hidden a voice.

But I don't care for Days of Silence, especially not against censorship. They express the opposite of what we are trying to ask the universe, or our government, or our service providers to offer us. And as a simple sort of witch, that's not how I direct my energy.

So, yeah.

*stands on a soapbox*

I'm a queer kinky girl who does magic, dances naked, and suffers from depression. And I have a voice.