Heads up: If folks are going to pick through our wording and hit us this aggressively over it, they should probably make sure we actually said what they’re accusing us of. Ash did not accuse this person of anything; she simply said that, by the logic that we cannot possibly dispute marginalized people accusing others of contributing to their marginalization, we are these things - we’ve been called every one of them by victims.

I’ve said we’re sorry. I’ve said I’m sorry. Ash is saying fucking nothing because I’ve forcibly benched her. But here, I’ll say it again: We’re sorry. I’m sorry. We fucked up by the numbers.

What we did wrong… well, this is the confusing point. Reacted badly, absolutely. But the core issue appears to be either “disputed what a PoC was saying about racism, regardless of whether the thing they were saying actually happened,” or “weren’t allistic enough to know the ‘polite’ way to call someone a liar.”

I am being 100% honest when I say I do not see the difference between ‘polite’ and impolite when the content of the message is the same. So… giving y’all the benefit of the doubt, the takeaway is “cannot ever dispute a PoC saying that someone is racist, even if the facts disagree wildly with their account.”

I’ve already said we won’t be making this mistake again. That apparently was insufficient, because here you are. So… unclear on what will be.