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1. Kev Quirk (kev@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2019 06:55:29 EDT Kev Quirk

   I really don't want to start another heated debate here, but I thought it would be prudent to put out a statement on the whole 'Snowflakes' thing.

   This will be the last I say on the matter; I will try to do better in future. #WeAllMakeMistakes

   https://hub.fosstodon.org/blog/fosstodon-kev-and-snowflakes

   1. Chris (brainblasted@social.libre.fi)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2019 17:21:39 EDT Chris

      in reply to
      @kev Kev, this apology is empty. It does not matter what you meant, but what was done. You post served the same purpose that "snowflake" usually does: to disparage and invalidate the opinions of those you saw as too sensitive. If you took the term "snowflake" out of it, the post would still have the same effect. You not acknowledging or apologizing for this, but instead doubling down that you think there are too many "snowflakes" is a continuation of the problem. In the comments of the original post, you also stated that it makes you cringe to see pronouns in bios - something else you doubled down on (https://archive.fo/DsGWW).
      
      In addition to that, this post is made more in-genuine because you once again have downplayed the concerns of marginalized people when you stated
      that you love a post that likens our concerns to dementia (https://archive.fo/EFBem).
      
      You need to do some serious introspection on this. Your attitude reflects on the attitudes that you allow in the spaces you manage.