Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29498718-20160807002945

First time posting here.

Recently, I started being active on a wiki for one of my favorite shows. (Not active with my account)

The show is the Fosters and for those who don't know what's it about: It's about a homosexual couple who have 5 adopted kids and it's basically an American equivalent to a telanovela. Drama everywhere. However, they do address topics that are real like LGBT youth, the foster system, gun violence, etc.

Whether or not anyone likes this show isn't relevant to this. However, since I like the show, naturally, I decided to become active on its wiki. I never created an account because I was originally just going to drop in, look at stuff, and leave. And I ended up joining discussions and all of that good stuff. Unfortunately, I had the displeasure of running into the admin, who also happens to be the founder of the wiki, and it all went down hill.

This admin has expressed homophobic, slut shaming, and overall ignorant comments. She chooses to ignore things that aren't okay to post on the wiki and seems to be more worried about how users feel about her. I was just IP banned (mostly because I didn't have an account at the time) for simply expressing this to her. However, someone who was stereotyping people and being misogynisitic before was simply left alone.

This admin is homophobic in the way that she falsely speaks about the LGBT community. Saying it's a choice and all that junk. Refuses to acknowledge it despite 3 characters being gay. She went on a mini-rant about a girl showing her midriff, saying it's shameful. She just jumps onto other discussions that she has now idea what the context is.

When confronted, this admin gets so defensive and takes things so personally. Here's the thing. I know everyone has the right to their opinion, but if those opinions are dehumanizing people and potentially offensive to others, you shouldn't express them so openly if you are an admin. As an admin, you are expected to keep the wiki in order and enjoyable for everyone.

I know that I am posting this on a general discussion board, people coming from all over, but this just doesn't make sense and I'm sure it wouldn't to anyone with common sense. If you are homophobic, why would you even START a wiki about a show that focuses on a homosexual couple? Why would you even be an admin on it? This admin fails to do her job correctly and lets her personal, outdated beliefs cloud her judgement as an admin. 