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[–]JulienMayfair 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

People love "radical inclusivity" until you end up in some organization with people who are obviously severely mentally ill or disruptive with no way to deal with the situation because you can't exclude anyone.

I remember one gay group I used to be a part of, and if we wanted to exclude someone, the decision had to be unanimous among all the others. In reality, that meant no one could ever be excluded because someone would always cave. We had a guy who was pretty obviously schizophrenic, untreated, and likely a hazard to himself and others. One gay said, "I just remember how when I was a little kid and the other boys didn't want to play with me, and I never want to make anyone else feel like that." So, yes, his childhood trauma meant that the rest of us had to continue dealing with a deranged person -- or leave the group ourselves.

No group can be all things to all people, and to the degree any group tries to do that, they will fail in whatever mission they set out to accomplish in the first place.