it's really difficult to overstate how alienating that is
right. so we tell the geek that when he was on that floor with the foot on his back, it didn't matter. and declare victory.
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It's not a competition! Recognizing differences does not raise or lower anyone's importance.
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i mean, that would be lovely, but the geek is not *asked to recognize differences*, he is publicly mocked, derided and shamed
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he is told that by using the wrong words for his experience he is appropriating the experience of people who actually suffered
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and if you're paying attention you know you never have to go far to find people who won't deny his suffering, but celebrate it
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That only happens because geeks (as a group) continue to inflict pain on marginalized groups. You know what you do when you
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use a word wrong? You apologize & try not to make that mistake in the future. You don't double-down on how you're the oppressed
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that's easy when it's, like, fucking up somebody's pronouns. bit harder when the word you used determines whether you matter.
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