I whined about cracker being a slur and those mean ol Hexbears just called me a cracker more instead of debating me
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It doesn't have the connotation of a slur, but it's undeniably "a derogatory race-based term." I don't see how an in-person organization in the U.S. could be successful while allowing that, so it's always struck me as extremely online that we do.
This is a case of "page of reactionary screed that includes one decent point made poorly," and us being reflexively contrarian, which is 90% right when dealing with reactionaries but still leaves some considerable blind spots.
Anyone who is not joining because of the word Cracker was never gonna join
That's too much of a determined take. Why not make a more appropriate (i.e. seems more likely) kinda claim:
* without an amount of effort which could likely be better used elsewhere, towards materially marginalized groups, fomenting solidarity, organizing, etc.
NOTE: I try to give others a chance at least. Thankfully comrades such as yourself and others can operate more pragmatically rather than with naïvety and so can cover my blind spots
I dont think i got your last paragraph