Sometimes I wonder if I judge people too quickly. Then they show exactly who they are. Over and over again.
He then added: The crazy masked lady at FediCon last year expected speakers at the podium to wear masks, or else we didn't care about disabled people.
The podium that was more than 6 feet away from the audience.
Like, maybe just stay home if you have nosophobia?
There is a problem with men (tech men especially) on Mastodon.
It is not safe to be a woman. It's even less safe to be a POC woman. And to be a disabled POC woman? Watch out.
The guy accused of embezzling is "so nice, deserves to be protected at all cost". But the disabled woman trying to stay alive? She's the "crazy mask lady".
Check yourselves, and check your fellow men.
Because it's the same in society.
And that's why we choose the bear.
And don't, for the love of all that's holy, just DO NOT double down if challenged or called out on bigotry.
Breathe, read, sit. Respond with an apology. You screwed up - even if you didn't mean it.
This goes for everyone sitting with social privileges commenting on someone with fewer social privileges.
(This advice brought to you from a place of actually being the arsehole a few times. And needing to acknowledge and deal with that.)
Stéphanie
GinevraCat