Here's something more people need to get used to: EVERY movement is more than 50 percent ignorant followers and bad actors. And you will be judged for their actions more than your own.
Here's something more people need to get used to: EVERY movement is more than 50 percent ignorant followers and bad actors. And you will be judged for their actions more than your own.
Pretending those people are associated with you, refusing to talk with them, and refusing to reel them in will undo any good thing you ever try to do.
This is part of every religion, every political party, every union, every industry, and every hobby. And not addressing this is burying your head in the sand.
and so long as your in-group has amount of variety, this phenomenon WILL take place. You cannot gatekeep your way out of it, because you need the numbers. Any organization does.
So more than half your time is gonna be spent re-educating people you know they know should know better. Accept it. Work with it. Stop crying about it. And get to work clarifying what you wanna do to people outside AND inside of your groups.