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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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Replying to @slambister
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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Replying to @chaosprime
It's not a competition! Recognizing differences does not raise or lower anyone's importance.
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Replying to @slambister
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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Replying to @chaosprime
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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Replying to @slambister @chaosprime
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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