every time someone makes the very mild criticism of cohost being overly white (true) a bunch of babies have a tantrum and poo poo in their diaper about it in the cohost meta tag or make the issue about something else entirely which is a sort of self fulfilling prophecy

🌟THE GOAL'S FINALLY REACHED TO THE END! Thank you all so much for helping us out again! All of yall who boosted and donated really did help us out and I'll always be grateful for that! MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL!!!.💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 🌟

We're still currently in a hotel ever since we got evicted, and we did apply to a place almost a week ago and have been waiting for a word of it.

However, the price for a stay has been raised up, and it's almost at the point where it's gonna be a bit of a struggle to keep it going.

🚨UPDATE (2/9)🚨: So, we have to move out of the hotel we're in by tomorrow cuz it has been booked by someone else. Apparently there's a timing thing on how and when we're gonna pay it, and we didn't know about that. Fourtanately, we already planned out on another hotel we're going to and we're already packing stuff up. But it still sucks that it turned out this.

The goal amount is $3,500.

🌟$3,544/$3,500🌟

All boosting and donations are greatly appreciated!

(Spreading the word out on other platforms is strongly encouraged and appreciated as well!)

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Morning boost and Update!

- 2/9

Update: So, we have to move out of the hotel we're in by tomorrow cuz it has been booked by someone else. Apparently there's a timing thing on how and when we're gonna pay it, and we didn't know about that. Fourtanately, we already planned out on another hotel we're going to and we're already packing stuff up. But it still sucks that it turned out this.

I know I've been saying this a lot, but please keep boosting/sharing and donating, it'll be a very huge help for all of us! Especially in a dire situation like this. Please and thank you! 🙏💙💙💙💙

Breaking out a reply to a comment in more detail:

People do not have an inalienable right to be comfortable. Being made to feel discomfort is not, in itself, justification for attacking someone.

This is something that white folks in particular, and (in some ways especially) including white folks who belong to marginalized groups really need to wrap their head around, especially in the context of creating safe and healthy communities online.

There is a difference between safe spaces, which you do have a right to, and comfortable spaces, which you do not. You do not have a right to be insulated from anything that could make you feel doubt or anxiety. You do not have a right to be free of all gazes which you perceive as judging you. You do not have a right not to be asked to do better. You do not have a right not to be exposed to the experiences of others.

This is especially true when what's at issue is someone else's actual rights.

There's a real strong pattern of folks carving out what they consider to be safe spaces for themselves and then reacting with sometimes shocking vitriol to anyone in those spaces who doesn't make them feel good about themselves.

That pattern is what underpins the toxic whiteness of places like Mastodon, and it's definitely here too, which is a real bummer.

I don't expect everyone to be a perfectly virtuous paragon of social justice. You don't have to be free of sin. I'm certainly not. But when something makes you feel bad you should stop and think for a second before trying to purge it like an immune system on overdrive.

if not, i propose: "six-finger discount"