Notices by DryBird227 (drybird227@mastodon.social), page 5

@anarchopunk_girl @freakazoid "who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." "

@anarchopunk_girl @freakazoid Well, this is how i see things going down. You and others thought they were wrong without asking who they were talking about. Not caring if they were talking actual people or not. Said they were being racist and were hiding it by saying others are.

Began to publically say so again without evidence. Which inspired white people online to attack. They get ddos'd. They get their name absolutely drug through the mud.

@anarchopunk_girl @freakazoid Not just fedi. I think that's the problem you're having when understanding not only your own reactions but the reactions to your reactions.

Doesn't matter if we're trans, bi, gay, asexual, etc. We have by far the worst treatment across the board. Racism against black people is still to this day (after hundreds of years) considered normal. So much so people don't even realize they're doing it sometimes.

@anarchopunk_girl But. You're missing points here. If a trans person said another person punched them in the face because they were trans. Wouldn't you want to know what happened? Or would you AUTOMATICALLY assume said trans person were lying?

Again. Why not ask them who the racist was before saying that it's a black person thinking everything is racist?

@anarchopunk_girl The overall point of that term is to devalue ANY and EVERYONE who isn't a straight white christian conservative male with money attempting to point out how unfair things are for them/us.

It's like the term identity politics but less in your face. That was hijacked for the same reason oppression olympics was created. So. Why use it? Knowing what it's meant to do.

@anarchopunk_girl You can delete it if you want. But we're talking black people here. Don't you think it'd be a good idea to investigate what the term means. Who came up with it. And why they came up with it?

Because it wasn't specifically to harm black people. That's a thing white people very often get mistaken about right wing terms and phrases.

@anarchopunk_girl Yeah...no..."It's not racism if someone is publicly criticizing you". Literally the fourth sentence. lol

@anarchopunk_girl Please explain though. Where that term came from. Who created it. And why they created it. lol

@anarchopunk_girl Oppression olympics? lmfao

@anarchopunk_girl Ok. In the pic you sent. Did you or anyone white in the community think to ask them who was being racist/bigoted?

You know. Before (seemingly) a few of you labeled the black person as basing things on race where there wasn't any?

Did any of you think to ask before making statements about them? If not. Why not?

@anarchopunk_girl Ok. Right off the bat from that. I'll admit....i haven't read the whole thing. Did any of you ask what racist/bigoted person they were talking about?

Did asking ever come close to being thought of?

@anarchopunk_girl So here's a thing i'm guessing you haven't noticed.

Trans people are violent.

Black people are violent.

Muslim people are violent.

Indigenous people are violent.

See how those statements are mostly the same? What if i said...people who defend a specific group of people on a forum are violent. Wouldn't that last statement be SIMILAR to the others?

@anarchopunk_girl here's the problem. I still don't know what happened. But i do know that you've boiled what they're saying down to...i'm black so that means i'm right.

Which absolutely ignores hundreds of years of information. Hell, even ignores 10 years of information. Something else white people in general usually do when talking about black people and race.

@anarchopunk_girl That's like saying just because 1 or 2 trans people harmed others in bathrooms that it doesn't make their attacks on trans people in general wrong.

Again. If you have a specific problem. Name it. Otherwise it's..black people are using racism to help themselves. Which also again is LITERALLY a conservative talking point.

@anarchopunk_girl Give me a second. I'll find it.

@anarchopunk_girl Found it. "I've not seen that at all, what I've seen is defenders of the bad space using their non-whiteness (and the very real problems the fedi has with racism) as a shield from criticism,"

@anarchopunk_girl But you are. It isn't as extreme as the examples i gave. But white people have for hundreds of years non-stop labeled black people with all sorts of things to devalue what we say and how we say it.

It's similar. And it's why i shut off on reading the rest. Haven't read stuff like that for like 90% of my experience on the internet. I didn't feel like it. Just like trans people don't feel like hearing from jkrowling.

@anarchopunk_girl Right. And racist white people when attempting to say black people are inherently violent. Always start off with...well fbi statistics...before they go in.

I mean really. The fact there's an underlining shock here that a black person doesn't automatically believe you is also telling. Along with the jesus christ bit as if i'm some child you're talking to.

@anarchopunk_girl I'm sorry but i didn't get that. I saw your comment under another black person first. In which you went in on how black people use the fear of racism to shut out any and everyone.

Which is literally a right wing dog whistle to begin with. But. I figured i'd read more. That's when i hit...trans people are the number one blank. Which is wild because trans people in america were never enslaved. Killed yes. But never that.

@anarchopunk_girl I don't think you understand though. I started to read what you had to say because i wanted to give the benefit of doubt.

And in doing so. I ran right smack dab into something we black people hear CONSTANTLY. As an example. It's like people who say trans people are more violent and end up in jail more than non-trans people. That trans people molest kids more than non-trans people.

None of that is true. But...