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   Rachel, Femme Doux Naturel (ykantrachelread@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Sep-2023 04:53:16 JST Rachel, Femme Doux Naturel

   I think I should be clear here, because there's been a lot of inflammatory rhetoric coming out of my brain and spilling on to the fediverse this week.

   I don't think that the FediHOA are approaching anything with bad intentions or in bad faith. I think they believe that they're doing good, and that they intend to *do* good. nobody involved in this situation is getting up out of bed and going, "today I'm gonna do a transmisogyny (or a racism)!" that's fash shit, and there aren't any fash involved in this drama.

   so, anyone treating anyone else like they *are* fash, needs to fucking check themselves. (that's why I have mekka blocked, for instance. dude needs to issue an unequivocal apology for the "trans fascists" shit, like, yesterday, and then I'll maybe consider letting him back on my feed.)

   I think that Ro sincerely believes that he's doing good for the Black community and for the fediverse as a whole. however, in the process, he ran into a mile-wide gap in his understanding of social justice (trans/transfem issues). and instead of exercising inquisitiveness as one would expect from an ally, he let his massive ego take over and do the talking for him. and that's led him down a deeply transmisogynist path that I sincerely hope he comes back from.

   ditto for Welshpixie and her fediblock efforts, though there's an additional layer there. unlike Ro, who at least knows how to execute a project intended to help people, Pixie is just straight up fucking clueless as to how to do social justice praxis. and not only does she have no inquisitiveness with regard to social justice issues that she doesn't understand - she also completely lacks inquisitiveness with regard to herself and her own behavior. Ro I can see becoming an ally if he does the inner work to get his ego in check. Pixie is just a lost fucking cause unless she has a genuine come-to-Jesus moment.

   in both cases, though? well, in all cases, social justice praxis starts with oneself. you can't grow nourishing fruit from rotted roots. inner work is the absolute most important thing that we can do as leftists and people who care about marginalized communities, and the work never, ever stops.

   and does it matter that these people are peddling rancid apples while sincerely believing that they taste delicious? hell yes it does. I'm not one of those "impact > intent" people. down that path lies turning yourself into a cop. gaze into the abyss, etc etc.

   but the fact remains is that those apples are poisoning people as we speak. and the people doing the dealing need to do better for themselves and our community here.

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     eris (eris@akko.disqordia.space)'s status on Sunday, 17-Sep-2023 15:47:53 JST eris

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     @YKantRachelRead I agree I think they think they're doing the right thing. I think they're used to being told leftism means no excuses and no leeway if anyone is trying to tear you down in efforts to keep things safe, then racist, kick them out end of story, cause that does make sense.
     
     They just don't have room for where their behavior in pursuit of social justice may have blind spots, and they do not apply the need to "listen" if it's criticism aimed at them for doing what they think is right for a different marginalized group.
     
     The cognitive dissonance is really evident in the intermittent silence followed by desperately throwing a bunch of cashapp links down to do extra leftism to make up for any feelings of their own wrong doing
     
     And we're supposed to just sit and watch and say nothing and know our place i guess