From 47cb07be603f29c5060151bb412bba92780a717d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Avris Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 08:51:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [en][blog] we are inclusive - acab footnote --- locale/en/blog/we-are-inclusive.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/locale/en/blog/we-are-inclusive.md b/locale/en/blog/we-are-inclusive.md index de25944c..995d4e3c 100644 --- a/locale/en/blog/we-are-inclusive.md +++ b/locale/en/blog/we-are-inclusive.md @@ -4,7 +4,17 @@ We are a queer collective. All of us know perfectly well what it's like to have our identities questioned, ridiculed and invalidated. And we definitely don't want to make our queer siblings suffer the same. -That's why we're inclusive. When we say ACAB, that also includes the _identity police_. +That's why we're inclusive. When we say ACAB*, that also includes the _identity police_. + +

+ * If you have a problem with us saying ACAB, + please learn its history, + it originated in the 1920s in the UK and doesn't have to have anything to do with your US-centric view of the world. + The US isn't the only country in the world, + connotations of words and phrases might differ vastly. + We're predominantly based in Poland where queers regularly suffer at the hands of the cops. + The police don't need any Black people around to be bastards towards the minorities. +

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