I’m also on Kbin so you can guess what’s my stance on remaining in bad platforms.
But these are two different arguments: Whether it’s sensible for people to leave, or whether they are obligated out of moral consistency to leave.
Absolutely people have plenty of reasons not want to wallow there and I wouldn’t in a million years say anything bad to anyone who wants to leave. But I also wouldn’t shame those who want to push back against hate, who want to protect the following they gathered, or who want to support the creators who didn’t find an adequate place to rebuild their online presence yet.
What I am suspicious of is from whoever came up with this argument “if you are so opposed to bigots, how about you leave this platform” when the end result is that many of these same marginalized people targeted by hate speech might have less reach because of it.
I’m also on Kbin so you can guess what’s my stance on remaining in bad platforms.
But these are two different arguments: Whether it’s sensible for people to leave, or whether they are obligated out of moral consistency to leave.
Absolutely people have plenty of reasons not want to wallow there and I wouldn’t in a million years say anything bad to anyone who wants to leave. But I also wouldn’t shame those who want to push back against hate, who want to protect the following they gathered, or who want to support the creators who didn’t find an adequate place to rebuild their online presence yet.
What I am suspicious of is from whoever came up with this argument “if you are so opposed to bigots, how about you leave this platform” when the end result is that many of these same marginalized people targeted by hate speech might have less reach because of it.