Btw here’s a compiling of everything Skizz ignored in his “apology” https://x.com/skizzlearchive/status/1960550283479822437?s=46
I knew that the apology wasn't great, I'll be honest, but I didn't want to undermine that the mods were gone by focusing on criticism
I understood why it sucked and thought we weren't gonna get much better. Skizz is an old, stubborn man who only apologised because he felt like he had to. He doesn't understand why people are upset at his friends because 1) they deleted the tweets and I doubt he went through the effort to find them and 2) they're nice to him so he assumes they're nice in general
I never expected Skizz to actually address the contents of their tweets. I wanted him to, but I acknowledge that he would think addressing serious topics (even to condemn them) would "bring down the vibe", which as he's said many times, he doesn't want to do
But yeah, now that the first hurdle is jumped, that makes it obvious that there are more down the track
There are a lot of concerning folks he's subscribed to, far too many to be a coincidence (and someone got not only a screenshot but a way to view all the subscriptions! Yay, I've been looking for that)
BunnyBond completely ignoring her own racism is expected of a bigot, and there's no response I'd like from her unless it's to leave the internet, go to therapy, and become an empathetic person. Her parting response in Skizz's chat is so disingenuous. "I'm sorry if you found what I said offensive" is the textbook "apology" for bigotry.
Hey, BunnyBond, your actions and words are your own and any hurt they cause is your responsibility. Don't push blame onto the people you ostracised
And god I would pay money to have a psychologist examine what the hell SokaSop thought he was doing with that parting tweet. It's foul. He says the words "I don't agree with LGBT choices", says he's entitled to his opinions about queer people, and calls anyone who criticised him idiots. All in the same tweet he said "let kindness prevail". The man is not winning any Oscars with that mess. "I believe in LGBT rights" yeah no shit, they're not a ghost. Everyone believes in them because they exist, but whether or not you support them is an entirely different question
And to address the third mod: I made a post about Skizz's other mods and noted that he was republican but didn't seem too problematic. Clearly I did not scroll nearly far down enough on Bengineer's twitter because holy shit
My bad for not checking thoroughly enough, that guy's views on women's healthcare scare me
I still feel like Skizz's apology, while it sucked and didn't address anything directly, is the best we're gonna get from a guy so clueless to other's perspectives. I've said it before and I'll say it a thousand times, Skizz's claim that he "just gets people" is 1000% cishet white man hubris
His mods behaviour is their own and while I'm not impressed by how much he praises them or how he's still following them, they are no longer in a position of power in his community, which I feel was his only major responsibility in this situation
His continued friendship with them is reason to be cautious and more firm with conversations his (past and inevitable future) blunders, but it's not something we can demand he change. At the end of the day, he chooses his crowd and we can only make our disapproval clear, not force him to drop them entirely
Like I've said a thousand times over, he's a grown ass man with the ability to educate himself. We can hold him accountable when he fucks up, but understanding and learning are on him