Quietly observing
how many people
framed their disagreement with my ASKING if I would have to CW most of my life & activism & daily life
as defense of CW
or defense of #Mastodon culture
or didn’t even read or listen to anything I said
hence proving my point.
Which I made behind a CW out of respect for the community here
by the way.
You cannot truthfully claim you’re not attacking/harassing people just because you dress it up as defense of others.
The extra labor one has to do as a Black person IS the problem.
Having to move to an instance where people understand by default IS the issue.
White people don’t have to find an instance where it’s okay to talk about their daily lives of being white.
Just realized I can’t find my own unlisted posts! So #DisabledBlackTalk will have to do until I find a solution…
Once again. I have no problem with content warnings. My problem isn’t with content warnings OR instances.
And every time you frame the answer or show me the creator of Mastodon’s answer to the content warning issue you’re telling me that you don’t understand what the issue is.
The issue is that there’s no way for me to FREELY BE WHO I AM IN PUBLIC ON #MASTODON WITHOUT HAVING TO HIDE MYSELF.
SAYING I HAVE TO HIDE THINGS ABOUT MYSELF FOR A POPULATION’S COMFORT IS ITSELF PROBLEMATIC.
@Tinu 1000% this. You've nailed it here.
To be in community requires conscious, consensual discussions and willingness to change culture/rules to the member's changing needs. Culture shouldn't be static - it often needs changed.
Folks relying on "this is the culture, deal" are engaging in authoritarian behaviors that oppress and don't actually address our concerns. They aren't willing to be in community with us, which is harmful and exclusionary.
Tinu - Empress of Twerk
The Bird