When did freedom of expression suddenly become an online crime? When did an attack on a specific subset of any group ever work to the benefit of any institution?
In this bloggers humble opinion, Tumblr’s December 17th forced genocide of Adult Content blogs is just another example of how our society is slipping backwards in its level of tolerance towards anything that is different, preferring to have this type of content hidden away, and marked with a scarlet letter of intolerance and shame.
Are there issues revolving around certain types of blogs Yes. Child pornography and other unacceptably content is abhorrent to all. Is Tumblr going after those specific types of blogs? No. Are they setting up a system that blocks minors from accessing adult content blogs? No. They are preferring to follow a simplistic “nuke it all” approach rather than address the overall problem. Taking a M.A.D (mutually assured destruction) approach, can only end in one way, for without adult content, Tumblr will die off.
So my friends and followers(93k amazing individuals), I challenge you to reblog this note, and challenge Tumblr’s decision. Perhaps, if enough of us stand up and protest some good will come of it. Resist, and fight the good, and honourable, fight.
Thomas Howland: This whole Dredd Scott thing is freaking me out, can I have a passport to move to Liberia please
State Department: No, only US citizens can have passports
Thomas Howland: …I was born here, I’m literally an elected official
State Department: But…black people aren’t real citizens
Thomas Howland: *looks at the portrait painter like he’s on The Office*
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Nothing you say is sensible I can sense the bull And since the wolves, amongst the sheep Before I sleep I fence them in and count them each Drifting away atop a Z I float, down the creek Out to the sea Lost in a dream On a cloud of mystery …then flash With my eyes to the ceiling I’m back to memories of misery Wondering if she’s even missing me.
– @solofzeus