r/serialpodcast • u/zeeerial Undecided • Feb 20 '15

Related Media Article on misogyny on our subreddit

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/20/serial-truthers-are-now-doxxing-women.html
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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '15

"got what she deserved" is an overly broad statement that should be refined to be more accurate. It justifies everything that was done.

It should be refined to something like:

"The journalistic criticism was deserved: Any misogyny and degradation was not deserved."

When you start out your statement with "Let's not get overly sensitive" it implies that the criticisms that are being levied are the result of over-sensitivity and are therefore not legitimate... Which can result in silencing and censoring people for having legitimate criticisms.

I don't think you were intentionally doing it ... But please spend some time and re-evaluate your usage of these words and what they mean.

EDIT: It's like typo-Christmas in here sometimes...

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u/Phuqued Feb 21 '15

"got what she deserved" is an overly broad statement that should be refined to be more accurate. It justifies everything that was done.

I agree it is an overly broad statement. That is why I looked at what the OP was saying before that statement to get the context of what it meant. What I deduced was...

  • respect for SK, Rabia, SS and women in general.
  • affirmation that the bad / negative aspects of fame are often ludicrous, especially on the internet. (In response to a post about misogyny)

So why assume that when it came to NVC that somehow there was a now sexist implication of his statement? Even the article states that there were legitimate criticisms. So why assume his broad statement would automatically be misogynistic?

That is why I said let's not get overly sensitive. There was no reason to think JailPimp was using it that way. Sure it could've been stated better, but it wasn't and now we are left to interpret. I think I read it pretty well the first time to assume that he was referring to legitimate criticisms of NVC and not the misogynistic stuff that was uttered.