Abusers will leave a job and get one somewhere else, and due to legal stuff or whatever you may never find out about what happened at the previous job until much later.
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People are then afraid to speak out for a whole host of other reasons. It is complicated, and I have seen many and heard of many people who infiltrate BIPOC and queer spaces and behave very badly.
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It becomes an issue of intracommunity discussion and how much a group can publicly discuss (if at all) because you get a million spicy hot takes from privileged people about it. It could be further weaponised by bigots.
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My queer friends will know just how many terrible abusers are in the community. It is hard to talk about because it feels like you need to have outward solidarity, you can't show any cracks.
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The people may do a lot of advocacy work, they may be big in activist circles, have publications, have a massive online presence and institutional support with powerful allies.
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This could be said of anyone but it seems to hurt harder when it's someone from your own community.
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It should also be said: people can have experienced abuse, be marginalised, and may even have done good work for the community. But that does not stop them from being an abuser.
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