Longing for the post-social media world. There are way too many people ignoring the person right beside them, and instead getting angry at somebody they don't even know...
I joined Bluesky a couple of days ago and almost the first thing I saw was people yelling at Susanna Rustin for supposed hate speech, and she’s one of the most reasonable people in the world, so I don’t know how long I’ll be able to stick with it. But maybe this big influx will help, and I guess it’s understandable that people are hypersensitive in the wake of the election. Or maybe humans just aren’t really supposed to share free and frank political opinions with millions of other humans - maybe that will always be unsustainable without some self-sorting along the lines of fundamental beliefs and principles.
I do like how Susanna chose to make it her pinned post though. “You don’t like that? Here, have some more.” I feel that there’s a lot of people who need to learn how to deal with opinions that they don’t agree with, and that they won’t make them melt in a pool of tears.
Longing for the post-social media world. There are way too many people ignoring the person right beside them, and instead getting angry at somebody they don't even know...
I joined Bluesky a couple of days ago and almost the first thing I saw was people yelling at Susanna Rustin for supposed hate speech, and she’s one of the most reasonable people in the world, so I don’t know how long I’ll be able to stick with it. But maybe this big influx will help, and I guess it’s understandable that people are hypersensitive in the wake of the election. Or maybe humans just aren’t really supposed to share free and frank political opinions with millions of other humans - maybe that will always be unsustainable without some self-sorting along the lines of fundamental beliefs and principles.
I do like how Susanna chose to make it her pinned post though. “You don’t like that? Here, have some more.” I feel that there’s a lot of people who need to learn how to deal with opinions that they don’t agree with, and that they won’t make them melt in a pool of tears.