I did not write the following speech, I was asked to put it on my stories as another supporter of the group. I apologize to all who saw there was a new chapter up and thought I'd gotten off my bum and started to write again. Sorry, but writer's blocks a pain. Anyways, please read the below speech, as it may have to do with your own stories as well.
Fellow members of Fanfiction, we are unjustly under attack. A group called Eliminator! is threatening the safe community of free expression that we have all come to love and will not stop unless we do something about it. The freedom of speech is a right that the Internet has allowed all people to enjoy collectively and we refuse to be harassed, oppressed, and ridiculed into giving up this right. We cannot sit idly by and allow other people to determine what we can and cannot say. We need to make our voices heard. We need to take a stand.
My name is Ali and I, along with Key2DestNE and ParadiseAvenger are the leader of Avenger, a group designed to not only battle the harassment of the Eliminators, but also to change Fanfiction for the better. We are told we can write anything we want to, but it has to fit in Fanfiction's mold or we are labeled retards and banned from the site. We will not stand for this injustice! We will stand up for our rights! The Eliminators are unjustly reporting great stories that took a lot of hard work simply because they deemed them "unworthy". We don't have to take their flames and rude comments, we will get what we want. We want the Eliminators to stop pretending they rule the world and we Fanfiction create to a MA rating that either gives a pop-up warning when accessed or can only be accessed with an account to help stop children from randomly logging on and viewing those stories, but that will also allow those of us who choose to read those stories to still write and read what we like.
Avenger! goes live Monday at 9 pm Eastern Standard time. We are not going to stop till our demands are met, but we need everyone's help to make this happen. They will only listen to us if we make them listen! We have to make our voices heard, so contact anyone you think would help the cause and get them to sign their name on the Supporter topic of the Avenger! forum. All Avenger! supporters are posting either this blurb or the essay on the forum at the beginning of the first chapter of each of their stories. 2 or 3 people won't make much of a difference, but together we can do anything.. We can do this and we will do this. We hold the power, not them. We may face some opposition, but that's what happens when you try to change the world.
As always,
Ali