Got a peak at gold star discourse on Twitter yesterday, and I'm still mad at all the fake leftists trying to police folks' identity under the guise of wokeness. It's the same boring old exclusivity bullshit.
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Terfs, gold stars, white supremacists all try and create checks you need to pass to qualify as the in-group. Then continuously shift goal posts. Reality is messy. All these checks are arbitrary. This is all very dumb and insecure, but also dangerous bc it affects real people.
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The alternative? Reality is messy, labels are a best effort at communicating complex constructs, and many things are seemingly contradictory. If people want to be part of a group, they're part of the group. Gatekeeping is a waste of time.
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