#i know my Capitalist Era™ ended when i was 13-14 & that's Young but idk a lotta people believe the wrong things bcs they're stupid
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hey, what happened to the left believing in second chances? what happened to the belief that if somebody's tangibly doing better, they deserve that chance? you guys realise how common problematic beliefs were when the internet was younger? like, when gamergate was a thing? not that long ago? you guys realise most people on the internet are not from the same moral background as you? you guys realise keeping people out who have changed their beliefs, is only going to discourage more people from doing better? are you guys crazy? why are y'all bringing moral purity into this? it's a powerful thing to recognise things you've been taught were wrong & to then move away from it, especially when you're in a community around it either irl or online. being in a community is such a powerful force in most people's lives. not everyone had the perfect background & not everyone had access to being as educated on social issues as you did. it's fine to personally not forgive someone's problematic history & not interact with them, but to actively exclude them from the cause? get off your high horse, you're harming the movement by gatekeeping it to those with a perfect moral background.
#this is in response to a post i saw on here a while ago#“how do u even fall into those beliefs to begin with!!!” some people are raised by very shitty people next#yknow grifters who spread misinfo arent just talking into the void. they target a demographic that is ill-informed#idk i grew up in a household that never quite grew out of the cold war & when i was introduced to the internet when i was little#i was groomed by someone on the right & though i didn't hold any explicitly racist or homophobic beliefs or anything (mixed family household#& queer myself)#i was still problematic & stupid!#i know my Capitalist Era™ ended when i was 13-14 & that's Young but idk a lotta people believe the wrong things bcs they're stupid#or never questioned influences growing up before it spirals out of control#if someone shows genuine change they deserve a chance. the very system we live in is one that tries to convince ppl it works & to keep ppl#from knowing its crimes. so yea if it's working as intended a lotta people aren't gonna have Flawless beliefs i'm sorry#i feel like a lotta people who'll just exclude anyone from the left if they have a problematic history they've grown from are younger & need#to work thru their own special kind of puritanism#you don't have to like someone but you're helping Nobody by excluding those who've changed & tryna rile up ppl against them
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