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gorse-ulex
jamjarblues

i truly think that this recent trend of “if you relate to a post about a different identity than your own you are ~derailing~ and taking over the conversation” is incredibly harmful.

i recently experienced some pretty severe transphobic abuse in my workplace (children’s home) that included having food thrown at me, being called slurs, being told i was a pervert because i am trans. one of the managers talked with me afterwards and shared that he had had a similar experience as an Asian man. this wasn’t him derailing my experience, or talking over me, or making things about himself. he was communicating “hey, i know how it feels and how much it sucks. you’re not alone.”


THAT is what solidarity IS. i don’t know what it’s like to be Asian, he doesnt know what it’s like to be trans, but we both had a similar experience and we were able to turn a horrible experience into an opportunity for bonding and comfort.


stop looking at people’s attempts as solidarity as an attack. and hey, you never know - you could find an opportunity to grow closer to other people.

zemathememequeen
pocket-deer-belly

i think if any part of your ideology contains "we can and should kill all the bad people and we can easily know what people are ontologically evil" then you're not just a reactionary but a danger to marginalized people. Your "kill every pedo" stance is very easily manipulated into wanting trans women to die. It's fundamentally no different from like, supporting the death penalty and wanting every criminal ever to suffer, wishing death upon drug addicts. it's basic fucking reactionary dogshit. It not only misunderstands why harm happens but actively gives you a pass on enacting infinite torture to a group against which you've decided no harm inflicted is too great. We just need to kill all the bad people. and when we've done that, we'll finally have gotten rid of all the bad people.

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edwordsmyth

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Bluesky post by AJ Cousins:

'They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood." Lugert-Thom responded, "I don't know anything about that" & she said they then asked, "Well, what about the Asian families?"

“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what ! was asked to do."


Thread by Will Stancil in response to AJ’s post:

Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they're doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn't white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.


They don't know who they're taking because:

- they don't talk to them

- they're random pedestrians

It is literally indistinguishable from a kidnapping when you see it, except there are so many of them, and they are more heavily armed and armored than any kidnapper would ever be.


I know we aren't all fans of the police here but the difference between this and an ordinary police arrest or detainment is night and day. There's no "You're under arrest" and then sitting in the car while they ask questions. You are simply disappeared in seconds. No record of what happened.


If you see one, the most important thing to say is "WHAT'S YOUR NAME" because otherwise the person is gone for good, maybe. I witnessed one in an alley as the sole pursuit car, I was the only witness, I froze for a second and didn't shout it in time, and the guy is just... gone now. I'll never know.


I know some have been a little unnerved at the aggressive following and noisemaking tactics of the observers. What they don't realize is that it's necessitated by what ICE is doing. You have seconds and you need as many eyes on them as possible, and as many people trying to get key info as possible.

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dysphoria-things

is it a hot take to say that i think you need to understand why something is bad, not just that it simply is?

dysphoria-things

“you dont need to know wnat it is exactly or how it works to know that its bad and you shouldnt use it. Ai tech bros will say-“ALT

this is a part of the problem

dysphoria-things

you need to be able to explain why you shouldnt use ai rather than “oh well its obviously bad and you shouldnt use it or else youre a bad person” because that isn’t logic. “ai generates child porn based off of real children and whether or not it does is entirely up to how it is built and if pedophiles are able to find ways around those safeguards, because ai cannot in itself discern right from wrong” is a genuine criticism. “amazon tried to build a data center the size of tuson outside of tuson just to power their ai that would’ve increased the inability to stay alive outside in parts of arizona” is a genuine criticism. even “using generative ai teaches you not to learn how to do things yourself even when they’re difficult, devaluing necessary skills out of practice” is a genuine criticism when you look at the amount of people who think they are able of doing a difficult major when they couldnt write their own papers in high school.

but “ai is just bad because it’s bad” will convince no one and is a morally lazy position to take. about anything!

you need to know why reading someone’s diary is wrong if you want to learn about privacy and respect. you need to know why child sexual assault is wrong if you want to be able to help children form healthy age appropriate relationships. you need to know why capitalism is bad if you want to replace it with something else. you need actual concrete ideas and ideologies rather than “you should agree with me because i have the right vibe”