https://mastodon.social/@ErickaSimone/113883945144966522
I think it's very very important for us to be clear that racism is not and never has been a matter of mental illness, disability, or intelligence. In our commendable haste to condemn the fascists and Nazis, it is absolutely crucial to not do their work for them by echoing their own rallying cries.
A few days ago, this user (formerly my mutual) made a fediblock post about racism calling for getting "the mentally disabled and/or bots" off this platform. I reached out over DMs to try and explain why this was harmful and a rallying cry for Nazis and eugenics supporters, and was not successful in convincing her. She made similar justifications that you can see in this post, accusing me of deliberately assuming ill-will on her part, trying to force respectability politics on her, and participating in misogynoir.
It's true that racism and misogynoir are rampant on this platform, and she has had a slew of those experiences. There's no denying it. But in this instance she is perpetuating serious ableism and refuses to admit it or apologize for it. Not okay.
I don't believe in rendering people disposable just because we disagree, but due to the harmful nature of her posts and arguments, I feel like a FediBlock is unfortunately needed.
Edit: here she is back in November having the same argument. Same ableism, same excuses, no accountability: https://mastodon.social/@ErickaSimone/113527681698818580
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@tillshadeisgone that last convo in the replies between her and the person telling her that they're black and disabled and that her words are indeed hurtful/disrespectful, only for her to cuss them out...uh-uh, fuck that! that got me heated. :blob_glare: she needs to step away from her computer for a while and take a breather or something cuz this is completely outta pocket.
ain't gonna sit there and tell me which slur's worse. i've been called both and they're both horrid, it ain't a fucking contest!
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@deliberately_me yep if the rest of that thread wasn't already a smorgasbord of ableism that would have been enough BY ITSELF
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@tillshadeisgone like i've seen her go on about the level of racism aimed at her On Here™ and i agree, she shouldn't have to go thru all that. none of us should. what we NOT gonna do is push others down who have it just as worse, then try to justify and double-down on it like she's doing. GTFOOHWTBS, why would anybody think that's okay?!
gotdamn...
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@deliberately_me @tillshadeisgone you know, she hopped in my mentions on some unrelated shit like a month or so ago, being pretty unnecessarily aggressive and not open to my gentle pushback, and it was just a take about a music website. I muted her after that because it was clear that she was on one and wasn't gonna be told, so I'm not surprised to see her so the same in this instance. :/
Thanks for making this post.
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