There's a type of reply-guy that crawls out of the woodwork when I post anything that might inspire others to take action, and they're deceptively insidious.
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There's a type of reply-guy that crawls out of the woodwork when I post anything that might inspire others to take action, and they're deceptively insidious.
Regardless of the topic, they sound like this:
Alice: I don't own a gun because they're for killing and I'm not a fan of killing.
Bob: Then only the bad guys will have guns.Alice: I deleted my Facebook account.
Bob: If the good people leave then the bad guys win.Alice: I'm openly queer so others know they're not alone.
Bob: You'll make yourself a target.In every instance, they defend the shitty state of things by discouraging action and change. It's a reply that is designed to support the default, the current power structure. It's a type of reply meant to de-fang movements.
I've posted about this before, but apparently it bears repeating. Fighting for something takes energy. Change takes sustained energy and momentum. These types of interactions sap energy. They're not posting anything openly disagreeable, they're just dropping little doubt caltrops, little concern anchors—making it harder to keep fighting, harder to gain momentum.
If you're about to jump into a thread and concern troll, don't. I'm fucking sick of it. The rest of us don't have the time or energy to drag your dead weight along.
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There's a type of reply-guy that crawls out of the woodwork when I post anything that might inspire others to take action, and they're deceptively insidious.
Regardless of the topic, they sound like this:
Alice: I don't own a gun because they're for killing and I'm not a fan of killing.
Bob: Then only the bad guys will have guns.Alice: I deleted my Facebook account.
Bob: If the good people leave then the bad guys win.Alice: I'm openly queer so others know they're not alone.
Bob: You'll make yourself a target.In every instance, they defend the shitty state of things by discouraging action and change. It's a reply that is designed to support the default, the current power structure. It's a type of reply meant to de-fang movements.
I've posted about this before, but apparently it bears repeating. Fighting for something takes energy. Change takes sustained energy and momentum. These types of interactions sap energy. They're not posting anything openly disagreeable, they're just dropping little doubt caltrops, little concern anchors—making it harder to keep fighting, harder to gain momentum.
If you're about to jump into a thread and concern troll, don't. I'm fucking sick of it. The rest of us don't have the time or energy to drag your dead weight along.
@alice > If the good people leave then the bad guys win
except the bad guys are the people running the nazi sites like facebook and Twitter and they win when people stay -
@alice > If the good people leave then the bad guys win
except the bad guys are the people running the nazi sites like facebook and Twitter and they win when people stay@reiddragon yup. Folx staying on Twitter are endorsing Elon's vision of it.
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The adult walks over to the child and asks, "what are you doing?"
The child answers, stating exactly what they thought; the starfish should be in the ocean or they won't make it.
The adult is silent, looking across the beach and states despondently, "why? There are so many, and you can't save all of them. It makes no difference to even try."
The child runs again, and flings another starfish into the ocean
"It made all the difference for that one."
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Be the child, do your best. Even if the odds are hopeless.
Especially then.You never know what difference your (kind) actions might make for someone else.
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@alice @reiddragon @plutarch
I'd like to share a little story if I may...One day there is a big storm at sea, washing hundreds if not thousands of starfish onto the beach. A person, strolling by sees the scene, and realizes that those starfish won't make it if they don't go back into the water fast.
They see a little kid frantically running around, picking up a starfish and throwing it as far as they can into the ocean again, and running to the next starfish.
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The adult walks over to the child and asks, "what are you doing?"
The child answers, stating exactly what they thought; the starfish should be in the ocean or they won't make it.
The adult is silent, looking across the beach and states despondently, "why? There are so many, and you can't save all of them. It makes no difference to even try."
The child runs again, and flings another starfish into the ocean
"It made all the difference for that one."
2/3
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@reiddragon yup. Folx staying on Twitter are endorsing Elon's vision of it.
@alice @reiddragon @plutarch
I'd like to share a little story if I may...One day there is a big storm at sea, washing hundreds if not thousands of starfish onto the beach. A person, strolling by sees the scene, and realizes that those starfish won't make it if they don't go back into the water fast.
They see a little kid frantically running around, picking up a starfish and throwing it as far as they can into the ocean again, and running to the next starfish.
1/3
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