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Thank you for tolerating my bullshit while I got the anxiety out of my system. I know much of what I’ve put behind CW has been hard to process; I needed to have it somewhere out of my own head.
Current events are hard for me as someone that values truth. I’m not great at articulating that. And having been on the receiving end of mob behavior and unsubstantiated rumors before, it strikes a nerve.
For my emotional health, I need to disengage from the topic further. With one note as postscript.
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I believe that defenders have an advantage in terms of online trolling, and that a reckoning is coming for the gatekeepers that allowed this to happen (social media orgs, etc). The technical means to block trolls are not new. Powerful people allowed this to happen that you can help remove from power.
In the US, if you can, please vote this November. In the UK, please vote when you’re next given the opportunity in MP elections. And elsewhere, do what you can to keep authoritarians out of power.
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That’s all I’ve got. Thank you for reading. 💜