Maybe the solution is to stay off Twitter, but it’s very disturbing to see the normalization of slurs happening in real time on there. White people saying the n-word with approval, the return of saying “gay” as a pejorative, lots of casual racism against Indian men, using the r-slur to describe something seen as stupid. I don’t know whether this is a larger cultural lurch to the right, or whether it’s mostly attributed to Musk’s elimination of quality control and monitors on the platform.
I wish it was unacceptable everywhere. All of my good friends know better, but I’ve definitely had to do some group projects with people who don’t even give off bad vibes but don’t know how to be funny without saying the r slur and some homophobic slurs too. It’s far too common behind closed doors. Maybe it’s because I’m a white passing cishet dude so people feel more comfortable saying that stuff around me.