Check out the giant struggle happening right now at 924 Gilman Street for some insight on how PC attitudes can run amok.
As for BASFA, I would respectfully suggest that making blanket statements about who is or isn't a victim is a fine example of exclusionary attitudes -- while a careful, considered consensus process to identify safety and harassment issues is, in fact, as inclusive and thus as fannish as you can get. > On May 24, 2016, at 5:51 PM, Adrienne Foster via Basfa > <basfa@lists.basfa.org> wrote: > > John David Galt, > > You obviously have no idea what prompted this discussion and I am not going > to use this forum to enlighten you. > > Adrienne Foster > > > > From: John David Galt via Basfa <basfa@lists.basfa.org> > To: basfa@lists.basfa.org > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Basfa] Code of Conduct Committee > > On 05/24/2016 03:59 PM, Chuck Serface via Basfa wrote: > > Hello All: > > > > Many of you know or might have heard that during our last BASFA meeting > > we held a committee of the whole and formed a Code of Conduct Committee > > to explore whether or not BASFA needs a formal code of conduct in > > relation to member safety, sexual harassment, and any harassment in > > general. This is an extremely complex and sensitive issue, so as the > > chair I've formed a committee of women and men I feel will bring a > > variety of expertise and outlooks to the discussion. I also want to > > hear from you, the individual members of BASFA. What are your concerns, > > opinions, ideas, what should go into this code of conduct if we have > > one, and how should we employ it? Please send your input directly to me > > at *ceserf...@yahoo.com*. I'll sort through all your messages and make > > sure that you're heard when the committee meets. > > "Code of Conduct" these days simply means banning anyone who dares to > say things that aren't politically correct. To even consider adopting > one is un-fannish and harks back to the exclusionist practices that > should have been buried forever after the lesson of the first Worldcon. > > (The anti-Puppy movement in Worldcon fandom is the same thing applied to > the Hugo awards, and it's equally shameful that it would happen in fandom.) > > Identity politics is racism and sexism. Inclusiveness equals expecting > all rules to be color- and gender-blind and stay that way. No group is > entitled to "affirmative action". SJWs are professional victims and > deserve no special treatment. > > > _______________________________________________ > Basfa mailing list > Basfa@lists.basfa.org > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Basfa mailing list > Basfa@lists.basfa.org > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
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