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This is the problem with running anyone off, and I think I acknowledged it at the time: some people will think they are "next"
But such things are probably inevitable, in a world where different personalities emerge. Personalities are always in conflict; it's basic human drama, and to be expected.
The alternative is to not allow our personalities out of the box at all, to the point where only polite discourse is permitted. It requires a strict set of rules and very active moderation to detect when someone is making an underhanded comment.
Frankly, fuck that kind of shit. If that's what you like, there are hundreds of places like that for you to choose from.
The Cellar is doing quite well in its current form. It's not seeking money in any sense of the word, and yet donations continue to rise to permit it to get bigger and bigger. Perhaps the rich-but-fragile-women market is not our target market.
Lastly, Sky, you may not have noticed that you have now said worse things about both LJ and I than we have ever said about you. According to us, you are endearingly nutty. According to you, we are systematic mysogynists. You know, nobody has called me worse in a long time.
Yet we stand, blithely unaffected. You cannot cut us. Not because we're powerful, or because we're somehow in league with each other. It's because we have the self-assuredness to know that people can call us fuckwads nine ways from Sunday, and it doesn't actually matter. We are who we are, and people can think what they like about us. Call me mysogynist - I will stand my ground, and let everyone else on this system determine who and what I actually am by my actions.
It's a good way to be. I recommend it.
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