The latter part about MRA/redpill/gamergate cryptofascist pipelines is reminiscent of the “white flight” to the suburbs that happened because were that enraged and terrified of desegregated public schools and received a fortune in bigotry-driven subsidies to create the worst possible civic planning means to keep “safe” from you-know-who.
Right. And it highlights the fact you need to actually do something with these people to change their behaviour. Bullying them off into other spaces feels like progress but also creates entirely new problems because we just moved the problem somewhere else. If we don't physically change the people things can in fact get worse when that happens.
I know this is criticising a success we had but part of the wider movements it has contributed its own small part to where we are now.
If the same happens again and again it won't be real change, not in our lifetimes anyway.
Right. And it highlights the fact you need to actually do something with these people to change their behaviour. Bullying them off into other spaces feels like progress but also creates entirely new problems because we just moved the problem somewhere else. If we don't physically change the people things can in fact get worse when that happens.
I know this is criticising a success we had but part of the wider movements it has contributed its own small part to where we are now.
If the same happens again and again it won't be real change, not in our lifetimes anyway.