This is really good advice! We've seen a ton of people burn out (or become incredibly mean and aggressive people over time) on discourse slapfights that were simply far too much energy spent over people who could be solved with a block.
There was a saying we saw, something to the effect of 'its safer to the people around you to love (x minority) than to hate (x oppressor)', and thats almost invariably true that we have found.
Cultivating a space that people are safe and cared for will always be better than going out and Dunking On The Bigots.
There are times when argumentative/persuasive things are necessary to debunk misinformation or somesuch, but they dont need to involve giving hateful people direct airtime. Especially not all day every day! Discoursers of all stripes dont quite seem to get that they can just... Not feed the trolls.
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We've seen a ton of people burn out (or become incredibly mean and aggressive people over time) on discourse slapfights that were simply far too much energy spent over people who could be solved with a block.
There was a saying we saw, something to the effect of 'its safer to the people around you to love (x minority) than to hate (x oppressor)', and thats almost invariably true that we have found.
Cultivating a space that people are safe and cared for will always be better than going out and Dunking On The Bigots.
There are times when argumentative/persuasive things are necessary to debunk misinformation or somesuch, but they dont need to involve giving hateful people direct airtime. Especially not all day every day! Discoursers of all stripes dont quite seem to get that they can just... Not feed the trolls.