I don't think anyone involved here is acting in bad faith at this point. Look at Awoo's explanation here: https://hexbear.net/post/65478/comment/669147 for how the trans comrade could mean well but be reacting badly.
And I think nucleartakes just did what I did, saw the quote out of context and thought it looked bad.
I definitely dont think anyone is intentionally wrecking. Just misguided people.
I can believe that. But I can also believe that if you run an account called @NuclearTakes you're inevitably going to fall into a pattern of stirring shit, starting drama, and drawing hard lines between Good Guys and Bad Guys. I'm not saying it's their responsibility, just that it's not a kind of posting that's conducive to solidarity or productive conflict resolution.
anything's a dumb thing to say if you post a cropped screenshot of 40 words on twitter and encourage people to interpret it in the worst way possible.
I don't think anyone involved here is acting in bad faith at this point. Look at Awoo's explanation here: https://hexbear.net/post/65478/comment/669147 for how the trans comrade could mean well but be reacting badly.
And I think nucleartakes just did what I did, saw the quote out of context and thought it looked bad.
I definitely dont think anyone is intentionally wrecking. Just misguided people.
I can believe that. But I can also believe that if you run an account called @NuclearTakes you're inevitably going to fall into a pattern of stirring shit, starting drama, and drawing hard lines between Good Guys and Bad Guys. I'm not saying it's their responsibility, just that it's not a kind of posting that's conducive to solidarity or productive conflict resolution.