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Allyship rule
(sh.itjust.works)
ID: Drawing of a duck billed platypus underwater, they're wearing a rainbow coloured t shirt and a pink bum-bag, and saying: "Ally is not something you can self-identify as, it's a title that you earn. Let your actions speak for themselves!"
Credit: Sophie Labelle
Help us out though, what can we do to be better allies? I try to be a good one, but I don't know if I'm coming up short.
Step 1: learn how to do your own work instead of expecting (or even demanding) marginalised people expend our time, energy, and emotional labour doing it for you.
You're doing everything you can to push well-meaning people away lol
Feels like dealing in absolutes to me.
You're either all in or not in at all.
"If you don't support the troops feel free to stand in front of them."
Can't I just be outspoken in my social circles and attempt to affect change at the lowest levels, thus spreading my message amongst people I can relate to?
Nope. Sign petitions and call politicians or you're just a poser.
Or so this post seems to say.
If this is what it takes to push you away, it was never about being an ally in the first place, but about stroking your own ego.