Posts by Awaclus@mstdn.social
(DIR) Post #AIwLczOR3JCMplHLbk by Awaclus@mstdn.social
2022-04-29T11:34:40Z
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It's working! (in one direction, at least)
(DIR) Post #AMVMtI2HzzWt6lbUa8 by Awaclus@mstdn.social
2022-08-14T02:34:54Z
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A challenge with the rights of marginalized groups of people is that typically those who are the most affected by the marginalization also have the most to lose by participating in activism. If you're forced to stay in the closet, you probably don't want to be an activist either.
(DIR) Post #AMVMtJXWPM6flvDwu0 by Awaclus@mstdn.social
2022-08-14T02:34:55Z
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Therefore, the average activist for that group's rights is probably not quite as marginalized as the average person in that group and nowhere near as marginalized as the most marginalized person in it, and may or may not have a good idea what the group as a whole actually needs.
(DIR) Post #AMVMtKxR8UQkAaM9w0 by Awaclus@mstdn.social
2022-08-14T02:34:55Z
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It is absurdly common for people to propose solutions like surveillance, deanonymization, censorship, and other things where the *very system that marginalized that group in the first place* is given more power over people's personal lives as if that would help somehow.
(DIR) Post #AMVMtMNLrckoZFUMy0 by Awaclus@mstdn.social
2022-08-14T02:34:56Z
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Some of the proposed solutions even pretty blatantly only help the privileged enough part of the group at the expense of the rest. Like the "everyone should put pronouns in their bio to normalize it" idea, which sucks for those who can't afford to disclose their real preference.
(DIR) Post #AMVMtNnyY7e306x96W by Awaclus@mstdn.social
2022-08-14T02:34:57Z
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There are also activists who are not members of the group whose rights they're advocating for at all. In principle, that's fine if you can put yourself in that group's shoes — and not put the group in your own shoes instead, which is what people usually do, with idiotic results.
(DIR) Post #AMVMtPOWdiTXvl3qiG by Awaclus@mstdn.social
2022-08-14T02:41:11Z
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I forgot what my point here was going to be but whatever, I guess this thread still works as the random collection of thoughts that it now is.
(DIR) Post #APQt2C6zvMFY8RtzTE by Awaclus@mstdn.social
2022-11-09T16:24:15Z
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@stux I bet someone could set up an explicitly right-wing Mastodon instance and most other instances would just federate with it as long as it didn't allow spamming, harassment, or discrimination.
(DIR) Post #APoNo0vgODcq8PsKFk by Awaclus@mstdn.social
2022-11-21T00:16:36Z
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@stux Those are some pretty amazing numbers. Mind sharing how much the user base has grown in the same time period? It would be interesting to see how much the growth in activity is simply due to more people being here vs. people who were already here becoming more active. I certainly have become more active because more of the people I know from Twitter are now here, so I can interact with them. Wondering if that's the case for many others too.
(DIR) Post #AQl0fFlkyZYnrGYEHQ by Awaclus@mstdn.social
2022-12-18T20:12:57Z
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People keep talking about "real names" as if a name could only be considered "real" when it's state-approved.
(DIR) Post #ATxY3szKgOpWAHUL5M by Awaclus@mstdn.social
2023-03-25T02:03:17Z
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@CliffWade Still use it daily, maybe a little less than I used to.