The aura of fear around naming abusers and harassers enables them to continue, and it sucks. I wouldn't even know where to start looking into certain people, and a lot of it ends up being hearsay and a game of telephone.
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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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