"Plurality as a concept exists outside of CDDs and can be found in many non-European and non-Western cultures and philosophies, and trying to discredit all forms of plurality as being fake is racist and xenophobic"
and
"Many people appropriate practices from other cultures and religions in order to validate their own plurality, which is a form of racism and xenophobia"
are both positions that can and do co-exist with each other at the same time.
It's like racism and xenophobia is an issue that's pervasive no matter what spaces you're in and what your discourse stances are.
HUGE shout out to purple for being the only color that has like no losers. Deep purple royal purple bluish purple redish purple pastel purple dusty purple lavender periwinkle violet like. Banger after banger after banger!!
PSA: If you are using Pluralkit or Tubberbox, go save your avatar files NOW.
Discord has been implementing a feature where direct links to images uploaded to Discord will no longer work after 24 hours. If you want more information, please check out this post by twilight-sparkle-irl. As Pluralkit and Tubberbox both use the direct links for images uploaded to discord for member avatars, this will likely affect these two bots.
I've talked to the Pluralkit devs and they have informed me that Pluralkit and Tubberbox devs are in talks with Discord to see how this will affect the bots. No updates as of yet but once I hear anything I'll update this post.
In the meanwhile, I highly suggest everyone to save alter avatars if they can. I'll be providing a link to an external tool that you can use in the reblogs of this post.
UPDATE: One of the helpers/mods for Pluralkit/Tupperbox has made a post about the situation. I definitely recommend people to read it when they can. If Tumblr breaks the link, I have a reblogged version of this post with the link there.
Honestly people who keep harping on proving endogenic plurality from a scientific standpoint are kind of missing the point. Endogenic plurality often stems from differing philosophies and cultures and spiritualities, so trying to "prove" endogenic systems exist from a scientific standpoint makes as much sense as proving gods, souls, and magic exist via science. Trying to discredit all forms of endogenic plurality is, quite frankly, racist and xenophobic, as it implies that the only valid form of plurality is that as defined by Western cultures (aka, from a psychological point of view), when being a "single self" is not necessarily how humans universally see and experience themselves.