QTCi de ella
add esses
e ewed
c iticism
ove
he
comme ts
about
ki d ess,
f ie dships,
a d
people
with
ha mful
views.
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via:
I stag am/@qtci de ella)
QTCi de ella
is
clea i g
up
a
old
co t ove sy
afte
bei g
called
“p oblematic”
ove
he
alleged
associatio
with
people
who
hold
homophobic
views.
The
discussio
came
back
o
X
afte
use s
evisited
comme ts
she
made
a ou d
a
yea
ago.
What
sta ted
as
a
questio
f om
o e
use
soo
tu ed
i to
a
bigge
co ve satio
about
what
the
st eame
actually
mea t
by
stayi g
co ected
with
people
whose
views
she
disag ees
with.
The
c iticism
focused
o
a
ea lie
expla atio
that
QTCi de ella
believed
emai i g
f ie ds
with
people
who
hold
homophobic
views
could
give
he
a
cha ce
to
i flue ce
them.
That
positio
was
questio ed
agai
whe
X
use s
debated
whethe
bei g
a ou d
such
people
could
itself
be
see
as
suppo ti g
them.
QTCi de ella
eve tually
decided
to
espo d
he self,
sayi g
he
app oach
is
based
o
ki d ess
athe
tha
simply
cutti g
people
off.
QTCi de ella
explai s
why
she
chooses
ki d ess
ove
cutti g
people
off
QTCi de ella
explai s
why
she
chooses
ki d ess
ove
cutti g
people
off
He
expla atio
was
p etty
di ect.
She
said
she
uses
“ki d ess
as
a
social
lub ica t
to
advocate
fo
cha ge”
a d
does
ot
simply
sit
a ou d
whe
someo e
close
to
he
has
diffe e t
opi io s.She
also
co ected
that
belief
to
Ma ti
Luthe
Ki g
J .,
quoti g
his
message
that
“Da k ess
ca ot
d ive
out
da k ess;
o ly
light
ca
do
that.”
Fo
QTCi de ella,
the
idea
is
that
pe so al
elatio ships
a d
ki d ess
ca
sometimes
help
people
eco side
what
they
believe.She
also
made
clea
that
she
u de sta ds
othe
people
may
ha dle
these
situatio s
diffe e tly.
He
poi t
was
that
this
is
simply
the
way
she
has
chose
to
live
a d
app oach
those
disag eeme ts.
QTCi de ella
admits
he
ea lie
wo di g
caused
co fusio
QTCi de ella
admits
he
ea lie
wo di g
caused
co fusio
The
st eame
the
add essed
the
pa t
that
appea s
to
have
kept
the
debate
goi g.
She
said
she
is
“ ot
f ie ds
with
a y
bigots”
a d
explai ed
that
she
had
ot
exp essed
he self
p ope ly
whe
discussi g
the
issue
a
yea
ea lie .Acco di g
to
he ,
that
poo
wo di g
became
a
p oblem
because
he
comme ts
we e
late
“twisted
a d
take
out
of
co text.”
She
accepted
some
espo sibility
fo
that,
sayi g
it
was
he
fault
fo
ot
bei g
mo e
eloque t.That
cla ificatio
also
gave
mo e
co text
to
why
she
was
f ust ated
by
bei g
epeatedly
desc ibed
o li e
as
somethi g
she
says
she
is
ot.
Why
QTCi de ella
posted
the
expla atio
o
he
mai
accou t
Why
QTCi de ella
posted
the
expla atio
o
he
mai
accou t
QTCi de ella
i itially
did
ot
pla
to
make
the
cla ificatio
a
majo
public
post.
But
afte
co ti ui g
to
see
co fusio
a ou d
he
views,
she
decided
to
sha e
a
lo ge
expla atio
o
he
mai
X
accou t.She
said
she
app eciated
people
who
had
p ovided
co text
fo
he
ove
the
p evious
yea ,
but
was
ti ed
of
bei g
called
thi gs
she
believes
do
ot
desc ibe
he .
He
fi al
message
was
simple:
she
hoped
the
lo ge
expla atio
would
clea
up
the
co fusio
su ou di g
he
positio .
