I don't think we say enough about how sinister "you just lost an ally" is. The person is saying, in essence: "I was an ally so long as it benefited me and asked nothing of me, but now that I see that I don't get a free pass, I'm going to support your oppression instead."
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Replying to @aaronmfparr @sarahmei
It’s worse than that, I think. It’s the weaponization of privilege. It’s dehumanizing someone to punish them for some minor incursion.
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Replying to @toomuchpete @sarahmei
I think its retaliation for being found out. In the end you aren't losing anything when they turn their back on you, because they never gave anything in the first place.
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Replying to @aaronmfparr @sarahmei
The point isn’t that the revocation is removing something of value. It’s that it reveals that the person believes they can be the arbiter of the other person’s humanity. That’s the point. This is evil on display.
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Replying to @toomuchpete @sarahmei
OK. I accept that that is your perspective. But I am not persuaded because I am less concerned about what is in someone's head than the power of their impact. Its fairly impotent to say "you just lost an ally". The reply is "good riddance".
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To put a finer point on it. Calling yourself an ally does nothing for anyone but you. Do the work without recognition without label and without expecting anything. Anyone that does otherwise is simply performing for their own benefit. Fuck "allies".
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