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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh]

@roguewitxh.bsky.social

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✨Trans femme journalist, DJ & writer on FFXIV & VRchat! Total dork :3 Resident DJ at Ministry Promotions, Audacity, Network, Elysium, and Ritual Room Owner of Aperture 👾 https://linktr.ee/roguewitxh 👾 https://www.twitch.tv/roguewitxh

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 15d

Here's the final scheduleeeeee!!

www.twitch.tv/roguewitxh

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 1d

Kinda a mental health breather day, but you know what they say: Dubstep is good for the soul (I think, but prolly, but for sure!)

Come vibe <3

Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

Personally, I'm over it. If I talk to a bigot, imma block them. If I encounter a bigot, they're not welcome in my venue.

They're entitled to their opinion, and I'm entitled to how I respond.

The bigoted right love to yell FS and than gag you the second they're able.

Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

So ummm... yeah. Free speech is a bullshit concept when it's yanked out of it's legal context and used as a blanket statement for anyone disagreeing with a bigot.

Don't let them own the narrative. Disagreement and kicking is not silencing. It's private space, FS doesn't apply.

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

So let's not do this. Let's not play that game. If someone is a bigot, they are causing harm. Very likely, they are breaking a groups rules.

Protecting them means empowering the aggressor and silencing the victim. I've seen it so much in virtual communities.

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

And let's be real. A bigot claims free speech after being hateful. The victim challenges it and are painted as silencing shit as an SJW. And people move to protect the bigot.

It's messed up.

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

A chilled atmosphere for "free speech" means that oppressed people can easily be intimidated into silence. Aka, they lose their free speech

The "free speech" of right wing assholes shatters the free speech of their victims. The entire concept is a house of cards burned with fire

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

And to my own assertion in the above article, when we give hate groups and bigots the go ahead to do whatever because of a vague notion of "free speech", their violence and intimidation chills the air for oppressed people.

Meaning....

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

You absolutely do not have a right to stay in a space where people want you out and gone because of you're shitty views and unsavory behavior.

Free speech only applies to how the state treats you. Not to the communities you call home.

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

🚨OH BUT THERES MORE!

If you get kicked from an instance, blocked by your friends, or full out banned from a community...

The "free speech" card doesn't protect you from that.

Personal, community and private company spaces aren't policed by that legislation.

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

If you say something racist, and you're met by angry people. You can't just yell "free speech" as a get-out-of-jail card.

All you're doing is showing the truth of what you believe in your heart. That you're somehow superior. which is pathetic.

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

🚨BUT WHAT IS REALLY RELEVANT:

People using the "free speech" card that goes beyond their rights in relation to the state.

For instance, your right to free speech does not protect you from other people's opinions. It does not protect you from social consequences.

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

The State can police speech and expression that is used as a form of violence. For instance, if you misgender someone in the workplace continuously with malicious intent.... that's harassment.

When speech becomes violence. That's a nono.

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

The "free speech" rhetoric is often used by people on the political right to justify prejudice against minorities and marginalized people (aka, transphobes and racists).

I'll swing back to this, but yeah they suss.

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

Freedom of speech and expression is a legal expression. Though this varies across nations, the core concept is that the government can't suppress beliefs & practices within reason.

For instance, holding political viewpoints is a right. Hate crimes are often suppressed.

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 3d

I'm pulling this article from the archives, I wrote it in 2017 but the argument is still very relevant.

I've encountered far to many people saying bigoted things and crying "free speech" if you oppose the viewpoint.

Argument below ⬇️

www.vice.com/en/article/f...

For Trans Folks, Free Speech Can Be Silencing

The debate surrounding Wilfrid Laurier and that now infamous Jordan Peterson video has largely ignored the marginalized voices at the centre of the controversy.

www.vice.com

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 4d

A few weeks ago I published this article on Substack, I'll be republishing articles on Medium to make them more accessible after a week or two.

The majority of men in #VRChat play as women and that's pretty frekkin' cool 🌺

medium.com/@abigail_cur...

Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 4d

F U T A doesn't make you gay.

New Substack article, maybe a hot take? But I'll die on this particular hill.

The entire idea of it carries transphobic undertones and subtext.

abigailcurlew.substack.com/p/getting-of...

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 5d

(✿◠‿◠) 𝘣 𝘢 𝘴 𝘴 𝘴 𝘭 𝘹 𝘵 𝘋 𝘜 𝘉 𝘚 𝘛 𝘌 𝘗 ♥

pop-up, in VRChat + Twitch

vrc.group/APTR.5481

www.twitch.tv/roguewitxh

Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 7d

TONIGHT WE ARE BACK! Aperture teaming up with District One for a rave in a cave! They're our newest partner venue and an absolute banger of a place to jam.

Super excited for our first collab!

⬇️ dets below ⬇️

vrc.group/ONE.9400
vrc.group/APTR.5481

Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 8d

Also, we are just about to hit 500 members of our VRChat group and I just want to say oh-mah-gawd-thanks-for-your-support!!! <3

Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 8d

Aperture .007 is locked in tonight at 9pm EST with @MinistryPromoVR and the promises of the vibiest of vibes.

There will be a fair amount of future funk, gay disco, and deep house. So get those dance shoes on ⚡️

Join via: vrchat.com/home/group/g...

@eyeziiick.bsky.social

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 9d

Happy Halloween Month 🎃

It’s time to get that Canadian autumn look locked in!

Now where is my pumpkin spice lattes and yummy pumpkin soup!

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 9d

Hehehe, clip from my first future funk set with OmegaSol and MarcyMarcy!

Was such a vibey, colourful blast ✨

vt.tiktok.com/ZSDTvp5x1/

TikTok - Make Your Day

vt.tiktok.com

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Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 10d

We kicking off with something strange, unusual and potentially unhinged.

(also, making my Halloween Palia house 🎃 )

Abbie Curlew [roguewitxh] @roguewitxh.bsky.social · 10d

We're also collabing with @ministrypromotions.bsky.social and their incredible host of dancers!