I do in fact have a list. But it's probably not what you're thinking it is.
Some people like to just shit on everyone else's good time. That's all they live for. They'll create an account on a site like IB and fling out a few dogwhistles to see if they can attract some latent racists or transphobes, then build a cozy little community of trolls around a few art memes.
Then when they have enough disciples to mount an attack, they'll start in on individuals that represent a community they don't like. Cub art, AI, vaccines, whatever loose threads they can spot in our communities' tattered emotions.
Then when the inevitable moderation action takes place, they cry victim and point to all the persecution they've suffered because of their faith, or their personal health decisions or the morality they hold others to. Their fans hum a sad chorus in the background to make them look like saints. And it goes on and on for years until finally they push it a little too hard and get permabanned.
So yeah, I have a list of these people. They're actively harming people I care about. When I see one of my favorite artists empty their gallery out and announce that they're leaving the site or the fandom, and I look in their shouts and see that someone I recognize for the umpteenth time has been in there harassing trans or Latino people, I recognize it as what it is: a pattern of abusive behavior.
But I don't share this list. I don't give it to my friends (other than to occasionally say "did you read what that racist fuckhead said on IB?" in a context where names aren't needed), or warn moderators about them. I don't plan on doing anything bad to them at some point in the future when I get superpowers.
It just happens... and when I see a troll harassing someone who's never said anything mean in the six years I've followed them; and I recognize them as a troll, the incident sticks in my head. And so does the mechanical action of taking a moment to post "hey guys, this is why ____ got kicked off of ___ five years ago, don't feed the troll."
And when I see someone who's dumb enough to fall for a remote access scam... and shameless enough to write a journal about it... telling someone who's just lost access to medical care by executive order to "stop fearmongering" because "P2025 is just a liberal scam," I mean, those people end up sticking in my head too. Because you shouldn't give dangerous things, like a social media platform, to people who aren't competent to take care of themselves. I blame their parents for not teaching them about self-awareness.
My list isn't even written down anywhere, because people can change over time, and if someone isn't repeatedly being a shithead to people I like over a period of years, I eventually do stop thinking about them. Our fandom is splitting apart and sites like this are dying because we can't stop harassing AI users on a site that allows conscientious use of AI, or cub artists who are uploading in accordance with the AUP that we all agreed to, or people whose genitals are thousands of miles away from us, but don't physically resemble what their driver's license predicts.
So yeah, some names in the fandom do ring a bell, due entirely to their owners' incessant bell-ringing. And you have nothing to fear if you're on that list. But if you're on that list, just realize it's a shitty list to be on, and you're the only person who can cross your name off.
Again, I don't share this list so please don't ask me for advice on who to block or use your sockpuppet to catch me in a contradiction. I may as well have blocked you for a completely unrelated reason. If you don't want to be remembered in future generations as one of the 21st Century American Blackshirts then just stop supporting a fascist.
There's a word for Nazis who were only being Nazis for their own safety or comfort. It's "Nazis."
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