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What does Gate-Keeping entail?
After listening to Eric talk about gate-keeping, and the compelling reasons for such course of action, I have questions concerning this:
What does gate-keeping entail? What practical steps do we take against bad actors? How is this to be done in the following scenarios?
Online forums
Conventions
Group gatherings
Fan sites
Eric has said: “make them uncomfortable.” Anyone care to provide details and examples?
I support the principle, just need to understand how to apply said principle.
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6 Replies
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When somebody pops in and starts trying to say Erics character is actually gay and in the closet, or starts saying that the character is trying to make some commie economic point, we all need to be comfortable telling that person that they are a fucking moron and need to shut the hell up about things they don’t understand. And not just one person, lots of people. Essentially booing them off the stage for trying to make the story tell a different story they’re more comfortable with. For example,
“I think this villain makes a great point about why we need to be taxing corporations more. He has an unlimited budget for evil.”
The community response should resemble;
“Fuck off commie. There is no way that’s the point he was making because we know who Eric is. Go prance away to ruin some other community, you can’t have this one.”
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Okay, I’m getting the idea now. 👍
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Put another way, drawing a hard line between someone engaging in harmless fan fiction versus throwing an established character’s story in the trash and remolding them for your own selfish purposes. Whether that’s to be woke, to insert yourself as the character or to make some kind of a statement the real character isn’t making; political or otherwise. When someone crosses that line, call them out first. If they double down, then it’s time to rally the troops for mock and shame duty.
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Hmm. I’m liking the idea.
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You put this thought into words much better than I did.
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Excellent explanation
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