As a Gay Child in a Christian Cult, I Was Taught to Hate Myself. Then I Joined the Church of Social Justice—and Nothing Changed

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[–]Alan_Crowe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That piece reminds me of the defunct discussion board voat.co. The tradition there was to hurl insults "nigger", "faggot", etc, not with intent to be hurtful, but to reject tone policing and grant people permission to be themselves. To be called a nigger-faggot was to be told: you will not be banned for saying the wrong thing, we don't ban people for saying the wrong thing.

I think that the voat.co way is happier and more productive. Maybe I'm being unfair to voat.co and damning it with faint praise. Being happier and more productive than either of the worlds that the author dwelling in, is a low bar.

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It frightened away any hope that the site might have any users but the dysfunctional ones. It had zero influence.