hello all i'd like to make some statements (i know, spooky)
before my break from fedi, tensions were quite high and things were quite heated. a situation that should have been handled easily turned into a massive controversy. that controversy and the stress it caused was one part of why i left, but i also felt that my use of fedi was becoming unhealthy. and about that situation: it's quite obvious that eve is a manipulative piece of shit. eve, if you see this, i am in your walls, and i am in possession of a firearm. this opinion is completely uncontroversial. it's what happened next that caused our conflict.
eris disqordia shared this story to a large group of people while it was still being resolved. this got in the way of resolution and further hurt the victim. people from outside of the community, who had no reason to get involved, were getting involved, and this hurt my friend. this is why i was so outspoken about eris' involvement. and to clear up a misconception i saw, the involvement of eris did not lead to any consequences for eve. eve was removed from 0w0.is after autumn's statement condemning her (post before eris) and was removed from snug.moe after jade's statement (delayed due to concern of suicide, not influenced at all by eris). i am not aware of any presence of eve on the fediverse, though i am a full week out of date. the consequences for eve came from within the community, not from outside influence.
and another thing. i do not appreciate the accusation that i was defending grooming. i get that it was a heated time, but that was entirely uncalled for. i have to deal with the consequences of having been groomed, having been lead to posting compromising pictures as a minor, and people using that trauma against me because i told someone to go away is a massive overreaction and incredibly immature. turning petty drama into me defending grooming is dishonest and harmful, and i honestly expected better from you.
but i will also admit that i also overreacted. i acted way too aggressively during the incident and should not have attacked eris as much as i did. tensions were high and the situation triggered memories of past events that have happened to me. im sorry. i will try to control my emotions more during these times to try to prevent further controversy. i don't want to cause conflict. additionally, to my followers who have seen some ablist tropes or comments from me or the posts i renote, i am sorry. i am still unlearning these things, and i appreciate the user who reached out and talked to me. i am FPing you so hard rn for that.
now, the next thing that i saw some controversy around. i occasionally interact with a user by the name of errante. my interactions with this user have been interpreted as support for every action they have ever been accused of doing. talking to errante beforehand, they assured me that they are against grooming. why would they have to do this? well, it's time for some nuance.
errante is a pedophile. this isn't an assumption - they publicly talk about it. it's just a part of them. and that's the thing. pedophilia - that is, an attraction to minors - isn't something someone can control. it's like a rash or a cancer. what i focus on is the things that pedophilia can push people towards - grooming and sexual assault. i wish for grooming and sexual assault to be minimized as much as possible. the way i see it, i am attracted to many people who i do not rape, and my (possibly overoptimistic) hope was that at least one pedophile could do the same. at this point, i don't know if errante is a groomer. i would like to speak with people regarding this, because i haven't had enough context to form an opinion. i try not to form an opinion without proper knowledge of a situation.
with all that said, i am happy to finally be done with my break. it was a nice time away, but i did miss all of you. it really reminded me just how lucky i am to have friends like this. i hope to take over everyone's timelines again with the worst posts ever federated by a catgirl.
@dushman@meso@mia I think it's definitely important to note that they were doing the "We're just trying to be harm reduction for pedos who aren't trying to do harm" thing back on refusal.biz
I gave them that benefit of the doubt, and I regret it because they are fully advocating for doing sexual harm to both children and to animals, they are not interested in just being seen as people with mental illness trying to do better.
@meso@the.asbestos.cafe True lol. cc @mia@void.rehab Oh fuck off. Errante is human trash who talks to people who unironically advocate for raping kids on the regular. Errante does as well. They deserve to be thrown in a wood chipper legs first.
@mia@histoire@zero@JAJAX Errante did nothing wrong, I don't believe in thought-crimes, and everything they post is harmless shitposting, I don't appreciate advocating for the death of my friend thanks.
It seems kind of absurd to say that there is no action so terrible that it is a dealbreaker for personal interaction. Having a terrible pro-grooming opinion, sure, that's awful, spending time and energy advocating for it is worse, and then actually grooming kids, that's way worse. Somewhere in that sequence a line should have been crossed. If I say that I don't want to be friends with Jeffrey Dahmer, it's ridiculous to then say I'm "reducing him to one thing".
@bot@histoire@dissociativity@zero@mia well he's a pedophile enabler... I think he most oftne talks about himself wanting to get with older men iirc. He seems to think because he himself is underage that makes it ok
@splitshockvirus@dushman@meso@mia Oh, instance-blocking, whatever. I don't like it and don't recommend it, but if you blocked them, then it's your business.
> In this instance discordia was instriumental, because I don't keep up with these gay hugbox instances,
I have not seen Eris kick up drama over something that turned out to be real. If it was real this time, this is the first time it has happened.
@splitshockvirus@dushman@meso@mia Eris makes shit up, spends weeks publicly creating drama, and then very quietly over DMs says "It wasn't my fault, I have BPD. I'm not sorry and I don't intend to try to fix the problems I created, but I will get mad if you tell me to fuck off and I will immediately start lying in public about this conversation." I would not listen to anything she says uncritically.
I take it into consideration but I didn't defederate solely becuase eris said so. I keep everyone arms distance I'm not on anyone's alliance but I don't like to burn bridges if it can be helped because somebody might be talking about something that I need to hear.
In this instance discordia was instriumental, because I don't keep up with these gay hugbox instances, they're weirdos and all act like discord groomers, and as it turned out they were. Who would have thought :cirno_shrug:
Caught in the middle of 9/11 but for fediverse pedophiles, their first reaction is to start defeding Errante? What the fuck rots have to do with anything?
But since we are on that topic that lets me know that eris nail on the head with these instances who closed rank when questioned about child abuse.
@mia I'm very skeptical of the narrative that pedophilia is some innate natural thing like being gay or straight, but even if that were true that clearly isn't applicable to this situation. They're not some morally aware ascetic. They're proud of being a pedophile, and brag and post about it constantly, and host an instance full of pedophiles and teenagers. It is very easy to not spend all of your time on the internet posting about how badly you want to rape children, and people who do so should be treated with suspicion, derision, and ostracisation. They know it's wrong, everyone does no matter how hard they try to justify it to themselves.