" I have suspected ever since that it would not be appreciated by certain vocal members of the broader LJ community. "
And this, also, is silencing, and it's a kind of silencing that is not being acknowledged in the wider debate. You aren't being silent because you're afraid of doing something biased; you're being silent because you're afraid of fifty strangers showing up in your journal and berating you.
I saw it referred to in another friend's journal as the "heckler's veto", which pretty much sums it up.
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And this, also, is silencing, and it's a kind of silencing that is not being acknowledged in the wider debate. You aren't being silent because you're afraid of doing something biased; you're being silent because you're afraid of fifty strangers showing up in your journal and berating you.
I saw it referred to in another friend's journal as the "heckler's veto", which pretty much sums it up.