The "foundation myth" of geeks as a persecuted minority, which coopts marginalization in a way that silences members of marginalized groups.
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Replying to @Delafina777 @sapphixy
i RTed your thread the other day and it's good and insightful, but i gotta say something here
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when ppl who've been violently physically abused on a daily basis hear you tell 'em they don't have any real problems
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it's really difficult to overstate how alienating that is
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maybe that's not what's meant, but if it takes a voxsplainer to understand that then that's not communication
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maybe that's fine, maybe progressive thought just needs to pursue its strategy of alienating its way to utopia harder
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i'm dubious
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Replying to @chaosprime
No one's saying you don't have problems. They're saying they have problems too, different and often (not always) more difficult.
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Replying to @slambister
right, except that's not what "you are not persecuted, these people are persecuted and not you" means to literally anyone
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Replying to @chaosprime
Who says "You are not persecuted"? Is that literally being said most of the time, or is it what you're hearing?
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Replying to @chaosprime
"In a way that marginalizes minority groups" is the key caveat here. There is a difference between the terrible things that
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Replying to @slambister @chaosprime
happen to geeks and that happen to marginalized people.
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