Many people online aren't well. It still remains jarring to read the glee with which some folks post bullshit about people who are strangers to them. Worse are the people who amplify them.
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I don't know if it's just me, but it feels like it's been particularly bad lately. Including on the left. People are doing really badly and it's not at all contained
Oh my goodness, off topic but it's so nice to discover you here. I love your work & hated seeing the way you were treated on Twitter. I wish you every bit of joy & rest you can take while you're doing the difficult labour of speaking publicly to people who are often too hurt to receive your gifts ❤️🙏
¹ "Rhinocerization (התקרנפות, hitkarnefut) became colloquial in Israel for getting swayed in a nationalistic fervor, or any other general sentiment. It was originally coined by theatre critic Asher Nahor in his review of the play [Rhinoceros] in 1962, which was played at the Haifa Theatre." - WPedia
Not just you. I see the same. Sometimes I'm tempted to ask the reposters on what basis they are uplifting the bullshit but I drink water and keep it moving insteadl
yeah, don't. my experience after i left twitter in 2017 is that trying to do that, very low key, was immediately bad, but i was able to de-escalate for a year -- *then* it all blew up in my face. like it was timed, sort of. which was coordinated, systemically, because of troll bot farms and whatnot.
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