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The most glaring question this raises for me is, why is somebody allowed to say something like this on twitter? > I trust that there are other people who will
by Joeboy 5y ago
The most glaring question this raises for me is, why is somebody allowed to say something like this on twitter?
> I trust that there are other people who will pick up machetes to protect us from the harm transphobes like Adichie & Rowling seek to perpetuate.
https://twitter.com/azemezi/status/1346268453221658624 https://twitter.com/azemezi/status/1346268453221658624
I mean, I think I'm not generally that pro-censorship, but I'd expect it to be pretty uncontroversial that that crosses the line.
- dbrueck 5y agoI want to believe that it's a combination of (a) the sheer volume of tweets that makes it impossible to catch all the stuff and (b) that there's probably a lot of overlap (at least initially) between people who read the tweet and people who agreed with it (so a relatively small number of people flagging it as a TOS violation).
- jolux 5y agoThis doesn’t seem plainly like a request to attack people, if that’s what you mean? The language used suggests defending from harm caused by people, not attacking the people themselves. People who tweet things like this often believe that celebrities being publicly bigoted (assume that they believe this, even if you don’t) enables physically violent bigotry from other people (non-celebrities) through elite consensus. In that view, I think this tweet is more understandable, though it’s still not something I would say.
- leephillips 5y agoI don’t understand a single word of what you wrote. How does one defend against naughty words using a machete, unless the machete is wielded against the speaker of the heresy?
- jolux 5y agoI’m not sure what the person intended, but in my experience it’s not against the words directly, but against the violence that trans people face, which the tweeter likely sees as perpetuated by elite support of transphobia.
- leephillips 5y agoSo you are saying that Ms. Adichie is violent, that she chases transsexuals down the street, and that people need to pick up machetes in self defense?
- jolux 5y agoNo. Not in the least. The argument is that normal people (not Adichie, not celebrities) see the bigotry of celebrities in the media, and see it as justifying their own bigotry. Some of those non-celebrities might be violent.
- leephillips 5y agoBut Ms. Adichie says that she was telling people to pick up machetes and attack her. Is she lying?
- jolux 5y agoI think she misunderstood what the person was saying, which is understandable because at minimum it was poorly phrased and inflammatory, and Adichie already had a negative personal history with them. It's possible that the person intended to advocate violence against Adichie personally, I just find that interpretation less likely given the context ("the harm transphobes like Adichie & Rowling seek to perpetuate") and my experience with how these people talk.
- tomcam 5y agoThis appears to be the tweet you linked to. Is it your contention is it censoring it would not be controversial? > A reminder that several of your favorite cishet African women writers share similar opinions on trans people as She Who Must Not Be Named
- Joeboy 5y agoI'm confused. Are you saying the text you quoted is literally the text of the tweet I linked to? That is not the case on my internet. Edit: The text I quoted is from the tweet at the end of the thread that starts with the text you quoted. For me, the text I quoted is what's initially displayed (also a few more words I didn't include as they didn't seem relevant).