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Because lots of other folks were doing it, my own letter to Jenn Wilson re: the plagiarism & DarlaFic mess:
I recognize that you want to be a kind and virtuous person, and I respect that. However, in the name of being virtuous, I think you’d been rather willfully ignorant of circumstances. Furthermore, you slandered a whole host of folks on BA_Fluff in the name of that “virtue”. Those folks were right all along, and you do owe them an apology for your slander.
You wanted to give DarlaFic a second chance, and that is lovely. But clearly, you did so without bothering to actually examine her before doing so. She’d displayed no remorse, no contrition, and no indication or promise that she would show any new respect for the online community. The burden was on DarlaFic to show growth, and she’d shown none. And yet, you sided with her, against a large segment of the community. Furthermore, you insulted and slandered a large number of people in fandom, primarily because they behaved according to the social norms that you knew Darlafic had violated.
You stood up for DarlaFic without asking for any respect from her or reform of her behavior. And then she joined your list and posted another plagiarized fic. You’ve reaped exactly what you’ve sowed.
If you’ve gotten criticism, it’s not because people want to make you feel bad. It’s because that criticism was very justly warranted. You earned it. I don’t think you were a horrible person for wishing to extend Darlafic a second chance. Your rather strident comments to the rest of the BA_Fluff list, on the other hand, were largely baseless and rude. And your behavior, if not outright offensive, seems rather naïve and sanctimonious.
Those who insulted you, or heaped unnecessary abuse, certainly should apologize. But you also owe the BA_Fluff list an apology as well. In the name of proclaiming your own moral virtue, you made a spectacle and a fool of yourself. There was very little tasteful or grown up in your behavior – and it would be rather mature of you to own up to that. Just as it would have been mature of DarlaFic to have owned up to her behavior. She hasn’t yet. You haven’t either. This does not reflect well upon you.
I hope the view is good from atop your high horse.
I recognize that you want to be a kind and virtuous person, and I respect that. However, in the name of being virtuous, I think you’d been rather willfully ignorant of circumstances. Furthermore, you slandered a whole host of folks on BA_Fluff in the name of that “virtue”. Those folks were right all along, and you do owe them an apology for your slander.
You wanted to give DarlaFic a second chance, and that is lovely. But clearly, you did so without bothering to actually examine her before doing so. She’d displayed no remorse, no contrition, and no indication or promise that she would show any new respect for the online community. The burden was on DarlaFic to show growth, and she’d shown none. And yet, you sided with her, against a large segment of the community. Furthermore, you insulted and slandered a large number of people in fandom, primarily because they behaved according to the social norms that you knew Darlafic had violated.
You stood up for DarlaFic without asking for any respect from her or reform of her behavior. And then she joined your list and posted another plagiarized fic. You’ve reaped exactly what you’ve sowed.
If you’ve gotten criticism, it’s not because people want to make you feel bad. It’s because that criticism was very justly warranted. You earned it. I don’t think you were a horrible person for wishing to extend Darlafic a second chance. Your rather strident comments to the rest of the BA_Fluff list, on the other hand, were largely baseless and rude. And your behavior, if not outright offensive, seems rather naïve and sanctimonious.
Those who insulted you, or heaped unnecessary abuse, certainly should apologize. But you also owe the BA_Fluff list an apology as well. In the name of proclaiming your own moral virtue, you made a spectacle and a fool of yourself. There was very little tasteful or grown up in your behavior – and it would be rather mature of you to own up to that. Just as it would have been mature of DarlaFic to have owned up to her behavior. She hasn’t yet. You haven’t either. This does not reflect well upon you.
I hope the view is good from atop your high horse.