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..be useful to understand how cults operate and the specific reasons why trying to talk someone out isn't always useful etc. But most people aren't prepared to do the reading and are quite happy to use the label to just add more stigma and dehumanise ppl into tragic victim tropes
Thank you for this. Honestly, the way some people talk about "terfs" reminds me of how people in my old scene talked about the "trans cult". It's simplistic us/them thinking that makes people feel better about thier group but dosen't help them understand the group opposing them.
One must be very careful though -- because backing down/ being more reasonable is a move that leaves one vulnerable. I'd argue that one needs to meet force with force, and hold the line, before de-escalation can happen without considerable risk.
I think framing carefully avoiding certain sorts of harmful rhetoric as de-escalation in some sort of way as to suggest it's a retreat misses the point of doing less harm.
I’ve probably fallen into this trap myself sometimes. It’s one of those things where “the medium is the message” and Twitter technically dictates the terms of the narrative. Sound bites don’t engender nuance.
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