(The post above was apparently just inside Livejournal's character limit, so instead of an edit this is a separate post.)
I should mention that who she targets is also important. I have no problem as long as she "punches up," as it were. I was uncomfortable with her recent bashing of the self-published book, though part of that was also because I knew it was at least partly motivated by her personal dislike of the author.
EDIT: Something I meant to mention but forgot: it can be very cathartic to watch someone tear apart something you don't like. I know I've felt much satisfaction from vitriol against stuff I hate for petty reasons, and I'm not talking about ACM. I can only think that many who suffer from racism or sexism must feel even better when they see others go after racists and sexists, even unintentional racists and sexists.
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Date: 2012-08-04 01:40 am (UTC)I should mention that who she targets is also important. I have no problem as long as she "punches up," as it were. I was uncomfortable with her recent bashing of the self-published book, though part of that was also because I knew it was at least partly motivated by her personal dislike of the author.
EDIT: Something I meant to mention but forgot: it can be very cathartic to watch someone tear apart something you don't like. I know I've felt much satisfaction from vitriol against stuff I hate for petty reasons, and I'm not talking about ACM. I can only think that many who suffer from racism or sexism must feel even better when they see others go after racists and sexists, even unintentional racists and sexists.