Thread by @FeministGriote

growing up in the age of social media is painful AF. if you've been on Twitter for the past 10 years you've grown immensely. It doesn't matter what age you were when you started using this app. From a social justice perspective, we were ALL trash!!!!!!

With that said, we have to reckon with the kind of people that we want to be. do we, in fact, believe people can change? do we believe in apologies?

Because if it's good for the goose its good for the gander

public callouts & call-ins are in fact good. They do force some human beings to reconsider their problematic thoughts. We can't allow social media to make us afraid of accountability.

But what is the saturation point? I think this is where we are at in this thing

we are learning together & the growing pains are really painful

If we drag people & they incorporate our critiques & apologize I think it's safe for us to move on, but that doesn't seem to be how we are doing this thing

This past summer I was in a transformative justice training with @prisonculture & she said ”how do you want to be treated on your worst day?” in reference to doing community accountability work. I think of this ofen

Do we believe people can be redeemed? If the answer is yes then that should be the guiding force of your critiques & call-outs of others.

Because if you yourself are stingy with forgiveness & compassion when it's your turn at the town square there won't be any forgiveness or compassion for you. That account will be negative

It's early in the new year we can decide to move differently on here. I believe in the transformative theory of justice. Your politics should change you. It should radically shift you on a cellular level.

Your social justice politics should save you from yourself daily

Let's build a new thing y'all. A thang rooted in accountability & in the belief that we are evolving.

I hope the thread helps to soothe our collective fear & anxiety. To grow is a very vulnerable act. We must risk being wrong in order to grow & be seen. And sometimes what we show each other is ugly AF. It's impossible to grow without making mistakes

but we are not our mistakes. don't let shame get you & hold U hostage. Take the L. Take the critiques. Offer a sincere & thoughtful apology(there is an art to a good apology) Incorporate the new knowledge. Change your behavior & educate others. #fin

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