I'll add that any significant change on a large scale is going to require working with people like this, and probably with people who have a lot shittier backgrounds. You're simply not going to have a large political movement made entirely of "perfect" leftists. So however we do it, we have to find a way to get along with these folks (so long as "what she’s willing to actually do" matches what she's willing to say).
Then there's the question of incentives to change oneself. If someone changes their objectionable behavior and is still rejected due to past objectionable behavior, why would they stick with it? You have to give people a path into the fold.
Lastly, every time a topic like this comes up I think of prison abolition. We're talking about giving every possible chance to people who have violently hurt others, but we're struggling with someone who was merely a mean person? There's a contradiction to resolve there.
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Good take.
I'll add that any significant change on a large scale is going to require working with people like this, and probably with people who have a lot shittier backgrounds. You're simply not going to have a large political movement made entirely of "perfect" leftists. So however we do it, we have to find a way to get along with these folks (so long as "what she’s willing to actually do" matches what she's willing to say).
Then there's the question of incentives to change oneself. If someone changes their objectionable behavior and is still rejected due to past objectionable behavior, why would they stick with it? You have to give people a path into the fold.
Lastly, every time a topic like this comes up I think of prison abolition. We're talking about giving every possible chance to people who have violently hurt others, but we're struggling with someone who was merely a mean person? There's a contradiction to resolve there.