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Grabe 'yung subtle tone policing ng "educate not hate," ha. Nilalagay nito sa negative position by default 'yung mga nagmamanifest ng justified & righteous anger against actual, harmful hate thrown at them by framing their response also as "hate," as if it were the same thing.
Sana hindi 'yung feelings ng oppressors ang priority natin whenever we hold people accountable for hateful messaging and action on which violence is so often hinged. "For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." (Audre Lorde, 1984) https://twitter.com/MarchingHere/status/1195593166532956160?s=19
"Tone policing suggests reason and emotion cannot coexist, and that the only reasonable discussions are those that we engage in without emotion."
Here's an old #FeministFriday thread on tone policing: https://twitter.com/MarchingHere/status/916193264486703104?s=19
Here's an old #FeministFriday thread on tone policing: https://twitter.com/MarchingHere/status/916193264486703104?s=19
Also, "anger expressed & translated into action in service of our vision & future is a liberating & strengthening act of clarification.. in the painful process of this translation we identify allies w/whom we have grave differences, & our genuine enemies." https://twitter.com/MarchingHere/status/916015145309978625?s=19
Taon-taon ko itong nililink at shineshare as your Reyna ng RRL, so (again) here's how you can access Audre Lorde's THE USES OF ANGER (1981): https://twitter.com/MarchingHere/status/1150629955409072128?s=19
