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Dec 5, 2022Liked by Aaron Hann

using a technicality (OOO) is a common MO to make an unwanted/unwelcome situation go away instead of doing the right thing to address the grievance... it is following the letter of the law instead of the spirit of the law... it is in itself, often an abuse of power...

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Yes, precisely. I am familiar with cases first hand where elders used a technicality to brush off complaints from an abuse survivor b/c they didn’t believe she was abused. Sometimes the system is really imperfect, and so difficult to apply well even with good intentions, but other times the leaders misuse the imperfections intentionally.

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