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So that happened.
I used to have a rule: no discussions of religion, politics, or sexuality on the internet. There were some strong personal reasons for that.
As of last week, that rule is off the table. Why should I worry about getting in trouble for anything I happen to say when Trump has been saying what he's been saying throughout his campaign and is now the president-elect?
The biggest lesson I've learned from the past fifteen years is that silence is complicity.
Normally I'd lock this post. Maybe even filter-lock it. But it's come to my attention that I've spent a long time modulating my tone in the wrong way and for the wrong reason. I will not be doing much link-sharing awareness activism because there are plenty of other sources for that and I have limited time and energy, but if there's anyone who's used my preference for genfic and disinclination for argument as confirmation of a bland pocket universe where they never have to weigh in on how anybody outside their demographic feels about things, they should take this as notice to stop doing that.
Originally posted on Dreamwidth. There are
comments there so far.
I used to have a rule: no discussions of religion, politics, or sexuality on the internet. There were some strong personal reasons for that.
As of last week, that rule is off the table. Why should I worry about getting in trouble for anything I happen to say when Trump has been saying what he's been saying throughout his campaign and is now the president-elect?
The biggest lesson I've learned from the past fifteen years is that silence is complicity.
Normally I'd lock this post. Maybe even filter-lock it. But it's come to my attention that I've spent a long time modulating my tone in the wrong way and for the wrong reason. I will not be doing much link-sharing awareness activism because there are plenty of other sources for that and I have limited time and energy, but if there's anyone who's used my preference for genfic and disinclination for argument as confirmation of a bland pocket universe where they never have to weigh in on how anybody outside their demographic feels about things, they should take this as notice to stop doing that.
Originally posted on Dreamwidth. There are
comments there so far.