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   Karen Wyld (karenwyld@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 16:58:09 JST Karen Wyld

   Interesting. The racist I blocked day one of being on mastodon is not middle-aged or older, like I'd assumed by his attempt to sealion me. He's loaded a video on a new Aus Instance (he's moved at least 3 times in 2 weeks). Looks younger enough to still gets carded at the bottlo. Blocked him a third time :)

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     Rachel Thorn (rachel_thorn@queer.party)'s status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 16:58:07 JST Rachel Thorn

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     @KarenWyld I grew up hearing that racism would disappear once the old people all died off. Nope. There's always a new generation of racists to replace the old.

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     Rachel Thorn (rachel_thorn@queer.party)'s status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 17:05:18 JST Rachel Thorn

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     @KarenWyld Yep.

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     Karen Wyld (karenwyld@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 17:05:19 JST Karen Wyld

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     • Rachel Thorn

     @Rachel_Thorn yeah, that's an urban myth. Same as the myth: there's no racism on Mastodon.

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     Rachel Thorn (rachel_thorn@queer.party)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 09:34:11 JST Rachel Thorn

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     • Tyler Cohen

     @tylerzonia @KarenWyld Yes, and social media (YouTube in particular) are filled with algoriths that work to spread bigotry of all kinds.

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     Tyler Cohen (tylerzonia@sfba.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 09:34:13 JST Tyler Cohen

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     • Rachel Thorn

     @KarenWyld @Rachel_Thorn i just tell people: look at all the young Proud Boys and other groups. Some of these nazis/white supremists were groomed on YouTube, 4chan, etc., some were raised right into. I think believing humanity is going to age out of hate or blaming-the-other is a way to forgo responsibility (not to mention short-sighted). On the compassionate hand, it’s a lovely, if completely ungrounded & unrealizable fantasy.