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put it in the rules
These Fails are taking a toll. They're exhausting both for those who choose to participate in the discussion, and those on the sidelines. They not only cause offense, they cause harm.
As far as fanworks challenges go, can we put it in the freaking rules?
DO NOT SPREAD HATE through the perpetuation of oppressive, discriminatory tropes and attitudes.
DO NOT EXPLOIT other people's tragedies or cultures, in order to tell stories of/for the privileged.
DO YOUR RESEARCH before writing about other places and peoples.
I don't think this is setting the bar too high, and I don't think it's needlessly censoring or stifling. Am I off the mark with this, or can we just say, "No thank you. Turn that problematic idea into something that isn't offensive and harmful, or take it elsewhere," right from the start? Formally refuse to accept fail fanworks as acceptable and as normal, and as mods, refuse to have them in our challenges.
It wouldn't stop people from being racist, and it wouldn't stop people from screwing up, but it would make questioning yourself as an artist a requirement of playing in our sandbox.
As far as fanworks challenges go, can we put it in the freaking rules?
DO NOT SPREAD HATE through the perpetuation of oppressive, discriminatory tropes and attitudes.
DO NOT EXPLOIT other people's tragedies or cultures, in order to tell stories of/for the privileged.
DO YOUR RESEARCH before writing about other places and peoples.
I don't think this is setting the bar too high, and I don't think it's needlessly censoring or stifling. Am I off the mark with this, or can we just say, "No thank you. Turn that problematic idea into something that isn't offensive and harmful, or take it elsewhere," right from the start? Formally refuse to accept fail fanworks as acceptable and as normal, and as mods, refuse to have them in our challenges.
It wouldn't stop people from being racist, and it wouldn't stop people from screwing up, but it would make questioning yourself as an artist a requirement of playing in our sandbox.