If Mastodon diehards want this to be The Next Place after Twitter, the move is to bend over backwards to listen to disabled and Black community about what they do and don't need in social media space.
Even if it's challenging.
Even if it makes you uncomfortable.
These are power user communities, whether folks like it or not.
@mawhrin @gwensnyder Indeed. Personally, my belief is that if we all agree not to be arseholes to each other, we'd no longer have to worry about whose group is most important.
Whether humanity is capable of that is another question, but it would be better than dividing ourselves in squabbling groups and letting the powers that be steal all our money and put it in the Cayman Islands while we're distracted with hatred for each other.
@mawhrin @gwensnyder Well, I can't speak for white folk, but personally I try to deal kindly with everyone regardless of melanin production. Everyone else is as human as I am.
If you have a specific charge to bring against me, then do so. I'm many things, but a racist is not one of them.
It shouldn't matter, if you're black, white, yellow, red, gay, straight, bi, pan, trans.. whatever. Everyone should be treated with a fundamental respect. If they commit crime, then put them on fair trial.
@C0_WAV mate, you can fuck right off.
you used the phrase “millenial culture wars” to dismiss the voices of people who were telling you that the existing mastodon culture is predominantly white, predominantly exclusive and, yes, very anti-black.
that tells me, that you're not really interested in examining your own biases.
your later comments tell me clearly that you're loving the sound of your own voice, and the warm feeling of being the righteous one, and that you really hate being challenged on either of your beliefs.
do not let me waste more of your time, and do have a perfectly adequate life.
Gwen Snyder is uncivil
C0unt WAVnstein
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