It died because of a combination of political arrogance-amathia and naivete on the part of some key people combined with the same and/or vindictiveness on the part of someone else there who blabbed outside that group which led to lies by fundamentalist bigots (and a key organiser found herself in trouble again later).
The initial problem was, if memory serves, comments supportive of left-wing politics such as communism.
For more on that, see here, and here.
This is a somewhat extreme example (civility traps are another example), but it shows that minorities often cannot live to the same standards as bigots who have power if they want to accomplish actual, real, effective change.
It is not fair, it is double standards and hypocrisy and discriminatory and exacerbates trauma, and it is unavoidable.
It is the reason ethical standards for Ombudsmen, their staff and those in anti-corruption/ethical/holding-the-powerful-to-account bodies are subject to much more stringent requirements than others.
It is why the undeclared romantic relationship between Fani Willis and Nathan Wade came so close to derailing a major case against Tr_ mp.
And now, with the world coming under Tr_ mp 2.Ø, it is even more essential that “Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion” (see here, here, here, and here).
Be scrupulously ethical, and never assume you are speaking in confidence - even in private situations.
Here are a few links that may be worth considering:
- https://gnwmythrsglossary.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-evil-that-is-known-as-fascism.html
- https://gnwmythrsglossary.blogspot.com/2023/06/patriarchy.html
- https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2023/08/post-no-2535-trauma-content-warning.html
Possible flaws
Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:
- there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;
- I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
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(Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear)
Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).#PsychicABetterWorld and candles for Viva La Résistance à Tr_ mp!
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