I support @emilyvdw.
I do not support those who use weak, strawman arguments to prop up intolerance & transphobia. Especially if some making those arguments have silenced and harmed marginalized communities. And have massive platforms with which to do so. #TransLivesMatter
I do not support those who use weak, strawman arguments to prop up intolerance & transphobia. Especially if some making those arguments have silenced and harmed marginalized communities. And have massive platforms with which to do so. #TransLivesMatter
A powerful layer of established people cannot stand that newer forms of media have given voice to those they’d comfortably ignored in the past. These high status folks do everything in their power to delegitimize & discredit voices they don’t like while bleating about free speech
Should established folks be able to share their opinions? Sure. They already do! To them the bigger problem is they do not solely control the discourse anymore &that makes them nervous& angry. So they dress up their gatekeeping in noble principles. Nice trick, not falling for it.
People who use the phrase “cancel culture,” people who say #MeToo has “gone too far,” people who say #Blacklivesmatter activists& LGBTQ folks have “gone too far.“ What they often mean is: Their friends faced social & professional censure for shitty behavior & they don’t like that
We can all talk about how we can conduct our communities and conversations in equitable and fair ways. But the words “gone too far“ and “mob” are always the tip offs. They usually indicate that people with status want to keep drawing the boundaries on who gets to speak & act.
