#trust me it'll help when you have to talk to actual irl people about discourse

[bixels]

this is also a whole 'nother thing that i'm not equipped to talk about but i think we need to re-evaluate how we engage in discourse and dialogue with each other, especially online. because so often now do i see posts about activism or info (on twt and here) and someone will reblog with an addition that tries to discredit the op because they didn't use the right phrasing/vernacular or think about this specific perspective or demographic and it's like.

true! but why do you have to be kind of an asshole about it.

this is coming from the position of a student, so don't take my word as gospel, but i want to strongly encourage people to prepare for the coming years and look outward to find communities in real life. this can be big like getting involved in fundraisers or organizations or small like going to poc/queer/art social spaces and talking to people. making friends and connections will help you and others build support networks, something you will need as we enter the new term. i know talking to strangers in real life can be scary, unfamiliar, or difficult (depending on where you live especially) and it may take a lot of compromising and work –– and i don't want to condescend –– but we have to try starting now. this is about your safety and welfare, as well as the most vulnerable people's.

if leftists/progressives/minorities want to survive and beat back what's coming, we need to do our work offline too and take up space. an example of getting involved would be (if you're an artist) reaching out to fundraising organizers and making prints of your artwork to donate for raising funds.

[baron-von-slipped-on-soap]

Reblogging w the tags part 2 because they’re important

“#reblog

#again please please please be nice to your fellow minority comrades/allies

#even/especially if they're wrong or make a mistake

#community has no space for individualism

#when you come out swinging on an addition reblog about how op didn't mention this or used this word so clearly they're xyz

#you are not building support you are building walls. and i wanna be clear cuz i can foresee someone trying to call me out on this

#i'm not saying you shouldn't be mad or upset at others and the info they're trying to disperse. that it's never appropriate

#but in these cases write as if you were talking to them irl

#trust me it'll help when you have to talk to actual irl people about discourse

#because guess what if some of you folks talk with others irl the way you write your reblogs online

#you will feel the negative social effects of “being kind of an assertive asshole” real fast

#discourse is so incredibly complicated and multidimensional

#it is not an automatic moral failing if someone misses something or speaks from a biased position or says something that offputs you

#you should speak out about it but your first reaction should to give a little grace“

this is coming from the position of a student, so don't take my word as gospel, but i want to strongly encourage people to prepare for the coming years and look outward to find communities in real life. this can be big like getting involved in fundraisers or organizations or small like going to poc/queer/art social spaces and talking to people. making friends and connections will help you and others build support networks, something you will need as we enter the new term. i know talking to strangers in real life can be scary, unfamiliar, or difficult (depending on where you live especially) and it may take a lot of compromising and work –– and i don't want to condescend –– but we have to try starting now. this is about your safety and welfare, as well as the most vulnerable people's.

if leftists/progressives/minorities want to survive and beat back what's coming, we need to do our work offline too and take up space. an example of getting involved would be (if you're an artist) reaching out to fundraising organizers and making prints of your artwork to donate for raising funds.