We continue to give abusive people a platform because they are popular or we appreciate their work or because they’re our friends. Stop.
@johnwlockwoodiv Yet if someone who has committed abuse changes that behavior, failure to ostracize them remains a betrayal of their victim.
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@chaosprime abusers become highly skilled at being kind/nice/sweet to non-victims -
@johnwlockwoodiv Yes. I don't mean power base cultivation, I mean behavioral improvement. -
@johnwlockwoodiv Moreover, it's what I said. But for some reason you pulled up a narrative that justifies burning people permanently. Hunh. -
@chaosprime how much time has to go by? are they just better at hiding it/making their victims too afraid to report? -
@johnwlockwoodiv It seems like centering the victim's evaluation of these issues would be a positive step. -
@johnwlockwoodiv And maybe asking whether they wanted to have a "side" in the first place or we're all just deciding what they should want. -
@chaosprime u just have to ask how would i feel if it was being done to me -
@johnwlockwoodiv Truly? When affective forecasting is a cognitive task that humans are almost legendarily bad at? - 11 more replies
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