Pet peeves

This swing dancing reddit page, If I came here as a terrified or excited beginner looking for advice or motivation of any kind, I would have quit instantly and picked up another hobby. 15 years ago the general consensus was to be inclusive and fun. It has become mainstream enough now that it has become toxic like anything would, we have adults that are children running the scenes poorly, volunteers and local teachers and DJ's talking shit behind peoples back, so much scene drama, pc culture, public slander with no consequences, rape accusations with no thought of taking it to the police or proper authorities, that I don't even volunteer anymore at events or to even help out my local scenes that may or may not be struggling, I actively tell people to stay off this site before they get sucked into everything that sucks about this dance, the turnover rate is brutal enough without all the shitheads making it even worse. This reddit page makes swing dancing look like a cesspool for people looking from the outside deciding weather or not they'd try this new thing.

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