The Fedilore Otter 🦦
Ro's Black radical politics are something that I genuinely admire.
If Ro wasn't also a bigot and TBS wasn't causing explicitly transphobic harm, I would never talk about Ro or TBS.
This account would not exist.
My admiration for the political motivation behind TBS would win out, over all the other obvious and inherent flaws in the system.
The Fedilore Otter 🦦
And yeah, you should be heckin' suspicious of anybody who seems to think there's anything wrong with the principles of radical feminism.
Just like you should be suspicious of anybody who thinks Black radical movements promote racism against non-Black people.
Just like you should be suspicious of anybody who doesn't think Indigenous people should run their own child-protective services.
The Fedilore Otter 🦦
Patriarchy is bad.
White supremacy is bad.
Christian supremacy is bad.
Heteronormativity is bad.
Cisnormativity is bad.
Corporate-oligarchy is bad.
Ablism is bad.
The gerontocracy is bad.
Monarchies are bad.
We should support the movements that want to tear down these unjust societal power structures.
The Fedilore Otter 🦦
Black radical politics aren't about hating people of other races.
That would be ridiculous.
It's a politics of autonomy and liberation for a historically oppressed class.
A Black-controlled blocklist for the purpose of Black safety on fedi is a fantastic idea that should, in principle, be supported by everybody.
Even if you're suspicious of blocklists generally.
The Fedilore Otter 🦦
This is why I support radical feminism and radical movements for queer liberation.
Institution of power based on sex, gender, or sexuality are obviously unjust and radical movements are the ones who want to tear down those unjust power structures.
And that should be obvious!
The Fedilore Otter 🦦
Yes, a small number of genuine radical feminists decide to punch down and attack trans people.
Some radical feminists abandon their principles, when they're given the opportunity to oppress members of a more vulnerable class.
But this is obviously not a feature of radical feminism - it's a failure of the movement.
The Fedilore Otter 🦦
There's nothing inherent about Black radical politics that causes transphobia, misogyny, or anti-Indigenous racism.
Kind of the opposite. When you adjust for age and intersecting oppression, you'd expect that radicals are going to be more likely to be allies on other issues.
But people sometimes fail to live up to their ideals and end up defending institutions of power where they're personally in a position to benefit from those systems.
Especially when there's trauma involved.
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