Originally posted by: Inese_20
Actually having such a reaction is justified you know. It’s part of what’s happening in the show and everyone is free to have a discussion on it,
But what we see out there on MF are extreme comments. Even if there’s one out of ten, it ends up spoiling your mood and your whole day. Is that worth it?
Saying that you are not liking how it’s going is discussion.
stating that Pallavi needs to suffer for this in form of sexual/physical assault is bashing.
saying that Pallavi is being so naive yaar, why is she doing all such things. What can be her reasons- that’s discussion.
but when you say she’s inviting the possible assault by M on her - that’s outright victim blaming which has huge real life implications.
I saw your post about discussing vs bashing- I think the only difference is your choice of words. Same things can be said in 100 different ways. As long as you choose to be polite and reasonable- it’s discussion. Beyond that it’s not.
Yup, that's my biggest issue with MF these days. I think anyone is well within their rights to hold whatever opinion on Pallavi, disagree with and criticise her actions if they want. To me, till today, she's not really warranted it but today she was dumb. That's just my opinion. For others, maybe she was being dumb since way back. For others still, maybe today is justified too. Whatever, to each their own.
However, no matter how dumb a woman is being, there are certain lines, the crossing of which makes me uncomfortable. No matter what she does, she's not 'asking for it'. Physical/sexual assault is not a way to 'teach her a lesson'. And so much more has been said here and there under the guise of 'jokes' and 'people taking it too seriously', but these aren't joking matters- just look at the world around us!
I'm irritated at her being portrayed as dumb and naive, but stupidity isn't a crime to warrant 'punishment'- and even if it were, assault and harassment aren't punitive measures to be prescribed to women we disagree with.
Plus, I may be annoyed at Pallavi and criticizing her, but doesn't mean I love her any less. I've loved her for almost 150 episodes now, that's not going to go away with 2-3 episodes of stupidity on her part, so seeing excessively vile and hateful language used for her is upsetting. So yeah, it's easier to stay here, where we know that we can discuss and critique her actions constructively, but won't be exposed to troubling language.