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Katrina Gulliver's avatar

Yeah the apology seems insincere. Like a panic reaction (as the original decision to cancel the speaker was too).

"We will include her next time"? There never is a "next time" though.

And as you hint, this organization will still be led round by the hair by anyone who claims to be offended by something.

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Penny M's avatar

Unsafe, like "actual harm" is now one of those terms where its use has become a bit of a red flag to me. (I was thinking about it this morning in relation to something small scale, but similar, in my own circles, where, looking back on the incident nine or so years later, I still find myself wondering how much of the incident was because of what the uninvited person actually wrote vs. how personally annoying the other people found her. Sure, the claims were that her words caused actual harm to POC community members, but I have seen the very people calling for her head back then say very similar things, so I suspect it was just that people disliked her and saw an opening to push her out of the community for great justice.)

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