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Me whenever a white cis het guy uses anti-oppression ally language in their bio.
@Vonk read the next toot there, fella. I get it, I also just know a lot of folks who have been abused by dudes who knew the language and used it.
@oldhat hmm I guess that's a fair point. I hadn't read the next toot obviously
@Vonk I get that! Once I sent the initial one it hit me that context was super important.
@oldhat That's allright!
@oldhat I tend to think that kind of skepticism is healthy. I'll believe people by default, but that doesn't mean I fully trust what they say. They've got to back up their words with action.
@jason Absolutely, yes.
@oldhat Yeah because god forbid we try to support the opressed