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[soc_puppet]

synecdochic has some important comments on the lead organizer of endotwracism and the campaign's goals.

At this point in time, I'm planning to continue to follow the campaign, but will be keeping my senses tuned for any harassment problems the lead organizer is currently causing, and for possible alternatives. It's no exaggeration to say that End OTW Racism has lead to some very important revelations, with potential for future change, but the entire mess with OTW/AO3 that the campaign has helped reveal has also left me wary of what can happen when bad actors are in charge of important organizations. I hope that is not the case with End OTW Racism, that the organizer has left her bad habits in the past, but I need to be aware of the possibility, especially with my inclination to trust too easily.

Edit: For clarification for myself as much as anyone else: I know that "I approve of what you're doing, but not the way you're doing it" is a common silencing tactic. End OTW Racism is not perfect, because nothing is, but they're a damn sight better than three years of near-silence, so I'm sticking with the campaign for the time being. If I find out that there's some shady shit going down, I'll be looking into how salvageable the campaign is (whether it can cut out bad actors and move forward or if it's in too deep, etc); otherwise, I'll stick with them unless a better option presents itself. And better options are pretty thin on the ground at the moment.

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[soc_puppet]

Thank you for pulling receipts!

And yeah. I'm fully willing to believe that the links were chosen based on what was easy for the organizers to find rather than any deliberate malice, but what follows that for me is having to think about why these particular links were easy for them to find compared to other examples.