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fleegar

@shoutplenty

reading about ppl tryna cancel dave chappelle a couple years back made me think of smth for the first time

isn't it really ironic how the sms mods pretended i was an abuser? when realistically nobody has done as much as i have to protect people from abuse [1/8]

7/3/2023, 12:25:19 AM

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fleegar

@shoutplenty

cos it's rly not hard to jump on some1 who's being told off for something. being the 10th person to call some1 a bigot doesn't make u a good person. or cancelling some1 30 ppl want u to cancel

it's a whole other thing when you're the only one sticking up for someone

7/3/2023, 12:25:20 AM

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fleegar

@shoutplenty

over time, i've defended so many different ppl like this, and i've found usually that my acts are forgotten *as soon as* i say smth against that person. u wouldn't think i advocated for reed and noki doki vs awesomo from the way they've treated me since, or inkstar vs mlarvitar

7/3/2023, 12:25:20 AM

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fleegar

@shoutplenty

it bothers me a lot cos it entrenches this culture of doing absolutely nothing about bad behaviour, plus a rational fear of being hated. it shows how little ppl value justice, defending and even being defended

people reject the "if ur silent then ur part of the problem" mantra—

7/3/2023, 12:25:21 AM

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fleegar

@shoutplenty

more than i thought was possible, yet it also paves the way for virtue signalling by ganging up on and ostracising unpopular ppl

it feels like the fable woulda been incomplete if i wasn't the one to be called abuser, with all my victimhood and positive traits revisionism-ed away

7/3/2023, 12:25:21 AM

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fleegar

@shoutplenty

that's the thing to understand about dave. his late-stage terfism isn't gonna erase the generation he educated on race issues. all people are flawed, and the balance has to be kept in mind

and that's a principle i hold onto each day i go by the name of shoutplenty

7/3/2023, 12:25:22 AM

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fleegar

@shoutplenty

i named myself in tribute to fela kuti, who was, at least passively, misogynistic and homophobic. my own bisexuality aint stoppin me from recognising that he educated me about colonial mentality, and a million nigerians felt strongly enough about all that to attend his funeral

7/3/2023, 12:25:23 AM

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