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I'm not sure why I'm trying to formulate a logical response to this, but it is some LOL inundated with "Bzuh? o_O" and frankly, it offends me. (Basically the teal deer here is that Joss Whedon is anti-feminist, even misogynistic, and shown by how his female characters are treated and characterized in Firefly, he obviously rapes his wife.) All quotes I use are from this rant (I can't really call it an essay, because there is nothing resembling objectivity here) are by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
_allecto_ for the purposes of refuting her argument (I can only presume it's a her, but on the internet you never know). I'm not seeking to change her mind because honestly, it looks like hers is pretty well made up to hate Joss Whedon and his creative works, but maybe a few more reasonable people can be convinced that maybe Buffy and Firefly are not the Devil's work. Though I am a fan (Firefly moreso than Buffy or Angel - although I would really like to get into the last two more) I will attempt to be objective and let his work speak for itself. The rant is mostly based on the pilot episode of Firefly, and she promises more to come. Oh goody. I will try to control snark since I am making an attempt at being pseudoacademic here, but I have the feeling it's not going to work.
Before we start with my own tl;dr... I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that accusing someone of a crime that there is no evidence they have committed, since it is used in a way that is meant to subvert the good that he has done and damage his credibility as a feminist, is considered libel. (So Can't Stop the Serenity has just ceased to exist? I should alertphiremangston, who spends her considerable energies arranging the Des Moines screening.) Especially when the only evidence in question is a person's creative works. Creative works are not in themselves a crime. I have a feeling that I've seen a Law and Order: SVU episode like this, but there are so many episodes of that show I haven't seen (I manage to keep seeing the same twenty or so over and over again) that it would not surprise me. Back to the topic at hand, it's one thing to dislike a man's work and say it is anti-feminist but it's completely another to accuse someone of rape. I mean. Jeez.
( I'm going to be paying for my college education for the next twenty-five years, I may as well show it off. Any typos are my own. )
_allecto_ for the purposes of refuting her argument (I can only presume it's a her, but on the internet you never know). I'm not seeking to change her mind because honestly, it looks like hers is pretty well made up to hate Joss Whedon and his creative works, but maybe a few more reasonable people can be convinced that maybe Buffy and Firefly are not the Devil's work. Though I am a fan (Firefly moreso than Buffy or Angel - although I would really like to get into the last two more) I will attempt to be objective and let his work speak for itself. The rant is mostly based on the pilot episode of Firefly, and she promises more to come. Oh goody. I will try to control snark since I am making an attempt at being pseudoacademic here, but I have the feeling it's not going to work. Before we start with my own tl;dr... I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that accusing someone of a crime that there is no evidence they have committed, since it is used in a way that is meant to subvert the good that he has done and damage his credibility as a feminist, is considered libel. (So Can't Stop the Serenity has just ceased to exist? I should alert
phiremangston, who spends her considerable energies arranging the Des Moines screening.) Especially when the only evidence in question is a person's creative works. Creative works are not in themselves a crime. I have a feeling that I've seen a Law and Order: SVU episode like this, but there are so many episodes of that show I haven't seen (I manage to keep seeing the same twenty or so over and over again) that it would not surprise me. Back to the topic at hand, it's one thing to dislike a man's work and say it is anti-feminist but it's completely another to accuse someone of rape. I mean. Jeez. ( I'm going to be paying for my college education for the next twenty-five years, I may as well show it off. Any typos are my own. )
