Locked post filter reminder

Right! So I finally got around to making a real locked post that wasn't about sausages.

Since a couple more people have subscribed since I last asked: if you want to read my locked posts and are willing to abide by the comments policy say so here and I'll give you access. I don't mind if I don't have you subscribed, or you don't offer me access (if you're not subscribed to me I'll wonder what the point is, but that's your business :))

This took a few days since I have been stymied by a killer headache which has largely kept me offline (It SEEMS to be going away but who knows). On the plus side, I got around to various mopping/reading etc that I had been putting off.

You can see my locked posts here (unless you can't :) And if not you're not missing that much)

Conservation Council in trouble

Snipped from an email forward I got from my brother. Normally I wouldn't turn an email into a post but it's hardly private :)

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Your Conservation Council is being silenced while Western Australia's environment laws are being undone, our pristine Kimberley coast is under threat, and dangerous uranium mines are fast-tracked in WA

I urgently need your help to stop this attack on our environment. Please do not delay in taking the following actions:
1) Make a donation to the Conservation Council;
2) Forward this email to your friends and ask other concerned people you know to become a supporter of the Conservation Council.
3) Write an email to the Premier or your local newspaper outlining your concerns;
I appreciate any assistance you can give.

Your personal assistance is needed at this critical time for the Western Australian environment and the future of your Conservation Council. As a person who cares about our environment, you will surely be as outraged as I am by what I tell you below.
At the same time, it appears that there is an effort to undermine and silence the Conservation Council through dramatic reductions in the State Government funding we have received for over 20 years. We are concerned this may be a calculated attempt to prevent us from speaking out against irresponsible decisions and government policies.
I have recently received some very disturbing information contained in leaked documents that have been exposed in Parliament and in the media.Plans are being made behind closed doors to dismantle Western Australia's environmental protection laws, to fast-track the expansion of polluting industries, and remove the right of the community to challenge and oppose unacceptable developments.
We have already lost three key staff - our Water Policy Officer, our Sustainable Agriculture Officer and our Minerals and Mining Officer. These losses represent a huge blow to your Conservation Council, seriously reducing our ability to develop and advocate strategies to protect the environment in WA.
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The difference or lack thereof between a change of direction and a derail

(nb this post is aimed at those interested in both fanfic meta and anti-racism, though I think the broader point transcends fanfic)

Something I've noticed in recent discussions relating to or following on from RaceFail, such as seen for example on metafandom, is a tangent into the nature and differences of different parts of fandom (well, between me starting this post and now that conversation seems to have died anyway. But the main point stands!) These ideas are afaict a natural progression from recent discussions and events, and are not meant to deliberately derail discussions of race. But that doesn't change the fact that, like a derail, this is a change of direction away from uncomfortable truths and social justice.

My question is: Is this something we should actively work against? Or should we just try and keep the two conversations separate? Or make sure they don't become separate?

I've been pondering this post for several days while getting over a headache, and it's gotten rather tl;dr, sorry :)
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