I can never understand the idea that having to warn is censorship. I'm a writer too, and I just don't understand it. Do you think warning for ableism is censorship, or is it all other warnings too?
You can still write what you want, you just need to write a one line warning for it. I don't even begin to see how writing a warning is coercing the writer into a point of view. Having to write a warning is just being aware that this might trigger someone, or it could be a touchy subject. If a person wants to participate in a community without having awareness at all, then they might want to reconsider what community participation actually involves.
The warning system is not going to be 100% perfect, but nothing in fandom is bulletproof. Not everyone is going to get it right. But to pull out the censorship card here, I think that's stretching the definition of censorship.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
Re: Mod Post
Date: 2011-06-22 03:44 am (UTC)You can still write what you want, you just need to write a one line warning for it. I don't even begin to see how writing a warning is coercing the writer into a point of view. Having to write a warning is just being aware that this might trigger someone, or it could be a touchy subject. If a person wants to participate in a community without having awareness at all, then they might want to reconsider what community participation actually involves.
The warning system is not going to be 100% perfect, but nothing in fandom is bulletproof. Not everyone is going to get it right. But to pull out the censorship card here, I think that's stretching the definition of censorship.