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There are a number of subreddits for women or people of color that have been very articulate about precisely this problem. They are assaulted on an ongoing basi
by intortus 10y ago
There are a number of subreddits for women or people of color that have been very articulate about precisely this problem. They are assaulted on an ongoing basis in a way that most communities full of white men never have to worry about. That is an affront to free speech.
It's not about feelings. People don't tend to swim upstream when searching for community. Why should they? If a platform demonstrates over and over that it lacks both the will and means to protect marginalized communities from personal and private abuse, then its demographics will remain significantly white and male, and they will set the tone for what is normal and permissible rather than the people who are at risk.
Choosing to favor no one is not a choice that's available to us, because it's effectively choosing the most exclusionary voice.
- nekohacker 10y agoTwoXChromosomes deals with this a lot.