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[quote=shan1212][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DAWN DORLAND WINS THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION![/quote]

I guess I’m in the minority and don’t agree that this was in any way plagiarism nor that DD comes out looking like anything other than the Karen she was being mocked for being. [/quote]

Then you don’t know the meaning of “plagiarism” or “Karen”.[/quote]

I mean, do I like Sonya and would I be friends with her? Probably not. But making DD a character in her story, even quoting the real FB letter, is NOT plagiarism. Don’t be friends or share stuff with writers if you don’t want to find yourself in one of their stories. And DD is cringey and clearly donated her kidney for validation. [/quote]

I guess I don't have a visceral reaction to someone channeling a desire for validation (which we all have) into saving someone's life by risking her own.

I do get that this case is a Rorschach test for what we deem unacceptable. I had this debate with an acquaintance of mine on Twitter. She very much zeroed in on the cringe aspect. But you know my assessment of this person? She put in her bio that she is "an antiracist" white person, rather than aspiring, as though you could ever do enough self-work to arrive at 100% done. She loves to get in Twitter fights, berating and vilifying people on the "wrong side." So when she tells me someone is cringe, I'm not considering her the foremost expert on it. This is someone who knows that a documentary crew was going to feature my family because of my work on antiracism before the pandemic scrapped that, and she knew my mixed feelings on being presented as some kind of unicorn when I am just trying to do what's right, but also understanding that awareness can help. She didn't say, "Oh, that's so cringe, it's not about you." Honestly I think she was wishing she was the one asked instead, lol. People are funny. But all this is to say, that I think her reaction to the cringe is because it hits too close to home.

My general rule of thumb is to pay close attention to the things that really bother you. I know I'm certainly asking myself if I am so upset for Dawn because of times I've been like Sonya. There must be a lesson in there, or I wouldn't be so drawn to this situation. [/quote]

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