Nope, the signal that the space is open for marginalized voices has to be maintained externally from an individual sometimes or else it is meaningless. The practical final argument is simply: I don’t need to be here and I don’t need to read what people here talk about. This is how a lot of liberal blogs end up with the question “where are all the xyz people here, don’t you support our cause?” The cause, perhaps, but the community is just another obstacle.
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