Beetle_O_Rourke [she/her, comrade/them]

Hey, yeah

Oh, make a scene, make it real, make 'em feel

Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh, make it loud, make it proud, just to make it count

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  • Beetle_O_Rourke [she/her, comrade/them]toselfcrit*Permanently Deleted*
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    2 months ago

    It is not about being insufficiently specific. It is about feeling that a subset of posters are not wanted, and crashing out when you realize the damage blanket banning them would cause. I've enjoyed a lot of your posts and would welcome you in the posting trenches, but this certainly ain't it.

    Impossible to know how many people were driven off by it, but you served a plate of turds, and upon getting it sent back to the kitchen, picked out a few pieces of corn, put it on a differently colored plate and served it again.

    E: I don't mean to single you out in particular, if anyone is emblematic of the problem it would be @replaceable. You making this post is more than they did.

    However, one of the most directly damaging sprays of gasoline onto this fire was from your hands, and I really don't think any form of apology cuts it as far as accountability goes.





  • Beetle_O_Rourke [she/her, comrade/them]toselfcrit*Permanently Deleted*
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    2 months ago

    If you think the issue was "clumsy phrasing", you grokked nothing from nearly destroying the site and should not wield power over its users.

    e: the sentiment behind it shows outright contempt for the userbase, even moreso after your explanation.


  • this frequently quoted line is mine. i was not calling you, reader, a white cishet man. i am sorry for the clumsy phrasing and i believe i genuinely hurt some my comrades who are POC, trans/GNC, gay, and women. i used “white cishet man” as a placeholder for “very privileged person.”

    I am explicitly calling for your resignation after that not-pology.