This is a long established designation, dating at least back to 2007. It has been used in several research studies, by accredited institutions. It is also connected to an initiative spearheading mental health services.
MAP is a serious and relevant term, used for true good in the real world.
A substantial number of people have selflessly come out as MAP, with intent of making the world safer and better for all. Their sacrifice and credible endangerment should not be ignored or dismissed.
People, including those who are literally attempting to reduce things like sexual assault and child abuse, should be able to openly discuss their own lives and experiences, without being targeted with censorship and punitive action.
There is this new policy on IB, where the admin will interfere and delete the content, of anyone self identifying as a MAP. They've made it crystal clear, they will penalize people this way, even where they have objectively done nothing illegal, immoral, unethical or wrong.
The excuse, is that there are some people on the platform using MAP as an identity, under which they trade illegal material elsewhere. Okay. So, IB has adopted the philosophy, that individuals should be penalized for the actions of entirely other individuals who they have no control or influence over. Got it.
Tell me what happens, when these criminal actors decide they want to start using the identities of other groups on this platform. Will that group of innocent people also be blindsided with penalties and abusive overlords? Or will there be a double standard that emerges?
Is IB just going to keep chasing after medical, research and community terms to ban, every time anonymous people who start using them do something illegal or wrong?
See, the MAP community has had a lot of moles and harassers, all throughout its existence. Some have followed and stalked the MAP community, around various internet platforms. Their intent has been to cause trouble for MAPs on the platform. I would suggest, that people who are committing illegal acts under the MAP identity, are harassing and tainting the existing, legal MAP community.
And IB is compounding the issue, by taking it out on the legal MAP community?
If the criminals want to be persistent, then this is an obvious losing strategy. And frankly, it's both immoral and unethical.
You might as well be targeting people because of their race, or for being gay. It makes every bit as much sense, when you are blatantly targeting the innocent, anyway.
I don't even want to talk about this issue here. But what is happening with this, is indefensibly wrong.
You're just wrong, IB. This is a gutter trash, low blow move.
