Hm, I think I did not communicate my concern clearly. The concern I have is not with the CH lead sympathizing with the text of the post. At least in a personal capacity, I agree that the text of the post adds to the conversation is a useful way. I also understand that women are not all in agreement on these points.
The concern I have is the implicit endorsement of the meme shared at the top of the post. Not the text of the post. It’s one thing for community members to share these sorts of trivializing memes that mock the position they disagree with. But when the CH lead shares a post that opens with that meme, I wonder, is that how you see that side of the conversation?
I’m not saying the meme at the top of the post means you can’t link to it, quote it, reference it. But I’d want some caveat.
Maybe my broader point is this is clearly an emotionally intense topic, that touches on many’s personal experiences. And as CH lead, many people are looking to you right now, and a lot is riding on it. You have substantial power, and individually us as community members have much less so. So it feels important, at least to me, that I feel this issue is being handled sensitively, with a lot of empathy and understanding. It’s fine for you to express sympathy for different positions, and I think it’s valuable to transparently see where you are at. But many people have considered this meme to be trivializing and mocking. I think generally memes making fun of an argument they’re disagreeing with will have that effect. So seeing you tacitly endorse mocking/trivializing content is upsetting.
Hm, I think I did not communicate my concern clearly. The concern I have is not with the CH lead sympathizing with the text of the post. At least in a personal capacity, I agree that the text of the post adds to the conversation is a useful way. I also understand that women are not all in agreement on these points.
The concern I have is the implicit endorsement of the meme shared at the top of the post. Not the text of the post. It’s one thing for community members to share these sorts of trivializing memes that mock the position they disagree with. But when the CH lead shares a post that opens with that meme, I wonder, is that how you see that side of the conversation?
I’m not saying the meme at the top of the post means you can’t link to it, quote it, reference it. But I’d want some caveat.
Maybe my broader point is this is clearly an emotionally intense topic, that touches on many’s personal experiences. And as CH lead, many people are looking to you right now, and a lot is riding on it. You have substantial power, and individually us as community members have much less so. So it feels important, at least to me, that I feel this issue is being handled sensitively, with a lot of empathy and understanding. It’s fine for you to express sympathy for different positions, and I think it’s valuable to transparently see where you are at. But many people have considered this meme to be trivializing and mocking. I think generally memes making fun of an argument they’re disagreeing with will have that effect. So seeing you tacitly endorse mocking/trivializing content is upsetting.