pantryslut

(Just In Case Disclaimer: anything I say on this issue should be construed as unofficial and personal commentary only.)

The situation with WisCon and Rachel Moss illustrates perfectly one very important point.

When you treat people like objects (in this case, objects of ridicule), you tend to forget something. They are not actually objects; they have agency. They have their own opinions, their own thoughts, and their own actions.

If you are lucky and persistent, you will be able to convince them that this isn't true, that they lack this power. They will turn themselves into objects, too.

But if you aren't, and you forget but they don't...

Well, we're seeing what can happen, aren't we?

Sometimes, we don't just crumple and die of shame. Sometimes we fight back.

Sometimes these sorts of lessons are hard-learned. But still necessary. To all parties.