Current mood:	thud
Entry tags:	cue stories of how gross my cat's poop i

"Kitty does WHAT?!"
On cat_macros, someone posts a gross but amusing macro of a cat crapping in a toilet. LOLs are had, as is a discussion on how one would train a cat to USE a toilet. And then...

amigoid: DO NOT WANT
Not funny. Not appropriate.

Okay, so she's grossed out by poop, she's hardly the first person to

Flagged.

Yes, flagged. amigoid was apparently so traumatized by the sight of a cat taking a shit that s/he flagged the post.

Did I miss something in LJ's TOS/flagging policy about cat crap? Seriously, how's cat crap suddenly up there with hardcore pr0nz and dirty words and violence?

Mod kittydoom changes the community settings to Adult Concepts, the members pet her and tell her how wonderful she is while eyerolling at the OMG CAT CRAP IS TRIGGERING mentality, and origamicage flounces.

Wasn't there a time when cat macros were a response to drama and not the cause of it? XD

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oxfordcomma
2011-03-05 10:04 pm UTC (link)

There's something about

amigoid that is super annoying to me. I'm not usually tempted to troll the wank -- AND to be clear I haven't and won't troll this one either! -- but the fact that he flagged a pooping cat makes me want to mock him mercilessly.

FOR EXAMPLE:
Scatological humor is not what I like so in the spirit of free speech I thought it was okay to say when I was offended. I've got my big boy flame retardant pants on so if you aren't big enough to take some criticism, then maybe you shouldn't drop bombs like that, figuratively speaking.

SWEET KITTY JESUS. Flagging a post over cat poop is (a) NOT TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH "FREE SPEECH" and (b) the very definition of lacking big boy flame retardant pants!

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	alphabet26 2011-03-05 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	Why do people think that free speech gives them the right to say whatever they want, but somehow magically doesn't apply when someone wants to say something right back to them? Like, just for example, how they're being an IDIOT. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sarajayechan 2011-03-05 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	Because they think they're Special and the rules don't apply to them. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sarajayechan 2011-03-05 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	SWEET KITTY JESUS. Flagging a post over cat poop is (a) NOT TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH "FREE SPEECH" and (b) the very definition of lacking big boy flame retardant pants! LOL, you pretty much took the words right out of my mouth. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sgaana 2011-03-05 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, so, here's the thing: YES, it is okay to say that you were offended by something. But when you FLAG it, that's you trying to get something that you find offensive banned. You're saying that NOBODY should see it. The first pertains to free speech. The second is an attempt to engage in censorship. LEARN THE DIFFERENCE. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mmanurere 2011-03-06 11:45 am UTC (link)
	Ah, but LJ doesn't call itself "the government", therefore nothing that is done on LJ could possibly be a matter of censorship... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sgaana 2011-03-06 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	I know, I should lower my expectations when most people have trouble comprehending the whole "free speech"/First Amendment thing in the first place. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mmanurere 2011-03-06 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	Or when people think that "free speech" can only be a concern with respect to the First Amendment and government action. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tehrin 2011-03-06 02:59 am UTC (link)
	I've got my big boy flame retardant pants* on so if you aren't big enough to take some criticism, then maybe you shouldn't drop bombs like that, figuratively speaking.* For someone who doesn't like scatological humor, he sure makes odd references. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	moonjaguar 2011-03-06 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	Like "verbally dropping trou". (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eevee 2011-03-06 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	snort (Reply to this)(Parent)

	maegwin_of_hern 2011-03-06 07:29 am UTC (link)
	Why is it mostly assholes who point out their freedom of speech? Because mostly what follows after "DON'T TAKE AWAY MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH!" is something incredibly rude. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fuzzytowers 2011-03-07 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	In general, they don't understand that the concept of Free Speech extends beyond the reach of their beer bellies. What they really mean is "You don't have the right to mock or disagree with me!" (Reply to this)(Parent)

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