First Amendment and all that stuff....

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

x-posted from my lj, but it's f-locked over there

*sigh*

here's the deal. as a rule, i don't read Wincest. i've read... three. and two of those? i skipped over the really squicky scene(s). and i don't write it, either. so what am i doing posting on this particular subject? the principal of the thing, and that people really should pay closer attention to what they read.

i'm not going to name names, anonimity is safe here. i've had (at least) two people on my flist (that i know of, anyway) get busted on, ragged on, insulted, nasty comments left in their various ljs because they wrote wincest, and it was properly tagged as such.

here's the deal. proper reading skills are required to read the phrase "Pairing: Sam/Dean"... or whatever your pairing may be. there's also the phrase "Rating: Adult." these are the kind of fics i just scroll right on by, don't stop, just keep going. that's the point of this information in the header. (i'm sure many many people skip over my "gen" or "Dean/OFC; NC-17" fics.)

i don't even read it; so why would i take the time to read through a fic, and then comment, "that's sick!" or "ewww!! they're doing what????" and while i believe there are some things that should not be written by sane, healthy adults, i'm not being forced to read it.

to quote one of my favourite sayings, "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" (Voltaire, it's in my sidebar at my lj)

your LJ counts as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of expression, freedom of opinions, and freedom of thought. and as well it should be.

any kinds of fic is allowed to be posted here, as long as it has the proper header.

Comments

[lfg1986.livejournal.com]

I don't want to get into a long discussion about Wincest and all that, but I just wanted to say that I agree w/ you about people should be able to write whatever they want and not be attacked for it. The concept of free-speech is very often overlooked in situations such as this. Nobody's forcing anyone to read something they don't want to, and it's (hopefully) clearly maked for what it is, so if you don't want to read it, then don't. But for those people who write Wincest and other not-entirely-accepted things, there's no need to people to write nasty things about what they write since it's their right to do so.

And as a side note : Can I borrow your wording on "your LJ counts as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of expression, freedom of opinions, and freedom of thought. and as well it should be." for my own journal?? Cause I'm tired of people writing nasty things about what I say in there.

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

I agree w/ you about people should be able to write whatever they want and not be attacked for it. The concept of free-speech is very often overlooked in situations such as this. Nobody's forcing anyone to read something they don't want to, and it's (hopefully) clearly maked for what it is, so if you don't want to read it, then don't.
exactly my point. :)

and sure, feel free to borrow my wording... no prob. heh, that's pretty cool. i'm flattered. :D

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

so, i tried to do your friending meme, and only your friends can post in your lj. interesting.

[lfg1986.livejournal.com]

Oops, sorry about that. I had changed my comment settings a while ago so only friends could respond cause I was getting some really mean comments from anonymous people. I just changed it back, so you should be able to fill it out now. Sorry again...

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

cool :D thanks :D

[lfg1986.livejournal.com]

Sure, no prob! I went ahead and just added you cause you sound really cool, but you should fill out the meme anyway so I know more about you. :D

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

done.