Ah. I stayed out of that all together, because...well. Many reasons, really.
Yeah, that's what I *normally* do, and should I ever feel the need to put my thoughts down on something like this again, well, I'll use a word doc.

That sucks. And it's a shame that these discussions always seem to result in this, at least somewhere.
It *is*. You think to yourself, "I don't know these people, I'll likely never meet them, I know myself, why should I let it bother me" but you just can't help but still be bothered. I was flamed in my last fandom, and well, I left because of it. People aren't *actually* flaming me here. For the most part people are being polite, but I still feel the pressure of their judgment.

And the sad thing is, I know I'm not the only one who's... not 100% behind the discussion. seperis, who's been one of the only people going out there and publicly saying "I haven't seen this happening" actually came on my journal and thanked me, when I said she wasn't wrong to ask that. I've had a few other people tentatively say as much as well, but people are *afraid* to, because then you end up like myself or seperis having to fend off accusations of racism.

Anyways, you want to stay out of it, so I'll stop. To tell the truth, I don't want to talk about it either, but, well, it's there anyways.