yeah, i don't think we're going to agree about Chu any time soon
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Replying to @chaosprime
And that's fine. Lots of folks don't like him! No one has to like anyone!
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Replying to @adrienneleigh
your lack of personal problem with it aside, though, do you really not think that tweet is primo nazi recruitment fodder?
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Replying to @chaosprime
I mean, i guess, insofar as anytime ANY marginalized person expresses that sort of sentiment in public it is?
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Replying to @adrienneleigh @chaosprime
But, like, folks of color are ALLOWED to fucking hate white people. Women are ALLOWED to say they fucking hate men. Politic? Maybe not. But
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Replying to @adrienneleigh @chaosprime
...i'm just not super thrilled about policing the angry utterances of folks who've been shit on, i guess?
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Replying to @adrienneleigh
sure. i can see why anybody would support that position. shame about how everything predicted to result from it came true.
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Replying to @chaosprime
See, i think that's oversimplifying, and that the backlash was *already happening*, but. We're not gonna agree, probably.
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Replying to @adrienneleigh
it is oversimplifying, sure, it's a tweet. and the backlash is always happening. but leaning into it didn't have to happen.
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Replying to @chaosprime @adrienneleigh
what i don't get is that there are a million things which are Not To Be Said so as to protect vulnerable people
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but protecting vulnerable people by acquiring and maintaining political power is never worth leaving anything unsaid
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Replying to @chaosprime
It's an excellent point, although i do think the Don't Say It In Public line is much much stricter for celebs than normal folks.
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Replying to @adrienneleigh @chaosprime
Ultimately, it's not possible to coddle bigots enough that they won't be bigots anymore, so not saying certain things in public is at best
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