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BTW, if you are going to signal-boost the Mixon hitpiece against @benjanun_s, which is a complete tissue of lies (I WAS THERE), you might as well unfollow me now, because i will jump on you with both feet if i see that shit.
You don& #39;t have to like her. But you can& #39;t spread lies.
You don& #39;t have to like her. But you can& #39;t spread lies.
There are people who had legit grievances against Bee, and they certainly don& #39;t have to forgive her. Nobody owes her anything. But YOU CANNOT MAKE SHIT UP ABOUT PEOPLE EVEN IF YOU HATE THEM and this is a principle i will defend with every fibre of my being.
And -- i cannot stress this enough -- I WAS THERE. I witnessed basically all of the posts and interactions that were later used to paint her as an "abuser". I will not lie about what i personally witnessed, and it DIRECTLY contradicts the narrative that& #39;s been created about her.
YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT THE TRUTH, EVEN WHEN IT& #39;S PERSONALLY INCONVENIENT TO YOU.
As an aside: this is why i don& #39;t signal-boost every accusation or callout i see. Because while "believe victims" is a great heuristic, IT IS A HEURISTIC. I am generally unwilling to signal-boost allegations that i haven& #39;t at least minimally checked, WHICH TAKES TIME AND EFFORT.
There are a couple RIGHT NOW, in particular, that i am not signal-boosting, because parts of them smell odd to me. Which doesn& #39;t mean "oh, Adrienne doesn& #39;t believe victims", it means i care about the truth and i am waiting for more information.
I take survivors of abuse seriously. I also know about DARVO. And i don& #39;t jump on bandwagons.
What Courtney says, here: https://twitter.com/courtneymilan/status/1276498529310007298">https://twitter.com/courtneym...
Also this is an excellent procedure and one i tend to follow as well: https://twitter.com/ann_leckie/status/1276627848300834819?s=19">https://twitter.com/ann_lecki...
(It& #39;s not foolproof, because every harasser has a FIRST victim. But it& #39;s a good part of a truth-gathering process.)
Also, in re Benjanun specifically, two excellent analyses of the Mixon hitpiece (which, again, is mostly a fabricated narrative) are linked here: https://twitter.com/sapphixy/status/1276191779956633607">https://twitter.com/sapphixy/...
