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@mwlucas @GinnyMcQueen Exactly. Apologizing for a legit mistake costs you nothing.

@KitsuneAlicia @brainblasted And we see that perspective _all the time_ when we see white dudes lead high profile foss projects, no matter what they say about their intentions.

It is impossible to have community when you don't respect the concerns of people that are not like you.

Period.

@KitsuneAlicia @brainblasted And now this weird thing is happening where he wants people to understand his frustration, when he not only makes no effort to understand why people reacted how they did, but takes it a step further to demean those concerns in the most disrespectful way possible.

Ha, but yeah, he wants a 'healthy' community.

@giantessgnostic The patterns _never_ change.

@GinnyMcQueen And that's _intentional_.

They do that specifically for a reason. It's not just happen stance these reaction always leave out the part that would actually do some good.

@brainblasted And his response was to call the concern of people that have to deal with hate groups all the time 'insane'.

I can understand the need to defend oneself, but the sheer malice of that response because people are wary of an action on his part is something I can't look past.

I'm not saying these things about these project because I don't like them. I think Masto is brilliant as a codebase. I love the intention behind Pixelfed.

I say these things because their leadership all share a particular point of view that is _dangerous_ to people that don't look, act, think like them.

It's not about like or dislike. It's about not taking the concerns of people not like them seriously, but claiming to want community.

And that's bullshit.

@freakazoid Ha, which is funny to me in the context of American history and the almost one sided violence of hate groups in America.

Ha, we actually have a reason to be wary of y'all.

That said, I'm glad it happened. I like this moment because it shows me what people are really about and who is trying to build a better community rather than those who just talk a good game.

Because it makes the work I'm doing easier and authentic. People can see the divide between talking about inclusion, diversity and safety and actually doing it.

I think the fedi will be better for it. Ha, just not in the way people think.

But that's the fun part.