Rrrgh. I'm getting tired of constantly defending people's right to have their own opinions against a seemingly endless mob of "you must do things our way or you're a racist and a Nazi and you kick puppies for fun!".

And those people smearing others for no apparent reason, with "evidence" that does /not/ mean they're actually [whatever].

On the one paw, I'm /done/ (for now anyway). On the other, it feels like if I stop, innocent people get their lives ruined...

This is happening all. the. time.

The first time I really became aware of it was the fiasco around hardcoded client blocklists. Those garbage people insist that you must hardcode a block of Gab in your client or you're a Nazi supporter. This is still going on. They're still harassing people over having their own opinions. Gahhh.

And just now, people are saying the witches.live admin is a racist – with no evidence, from what I heard.

*bares fangs and grrrowls*

@IceWolf The best thing you can do, for your own mental health, is to stop caring about people like these. Sure, I post some comments if I stumble across an unfair instance block, but I won't try to argue with them. Most of they time, they'll consider you a nazi (sympathizer) and disregard anything you say. It's really not worth the effort.

@Feuerfuchs Thanks. ...Although my goal isn't really to convince the trash people, it's to make it known that there's more people who disagree with them, who are okay with you having a different opinion.

Still draining though. *sighs*

(I should switch to DMing (or followers-only replying to) the victims instead, that'd make it easier.)

@IceWolf

Ah, I see! That's a better goal, though like you said it's really draining as well. I used to be more vocal about blocking stuff last summer, when Gab joined fedi and there was _a lot_ of discourse (or rather screeching) going on. For example, I posted a series of screenshots of imaginary applications where blocking was implemented similarly to Tusky, except more extreme. I wanted people to understand how features like that may have bad consequences later on.

But I didn't like the attention I got and I noticed that all this negativity I surrounded myself with started to have negative effects on me. So I toned it down, moved to a more wholesome instance, and now I try not to get too invested into that topic again.

Always remember that your well-being comes first.

@Feuerfuchs

1. Do not care or succumb to the purity culture that some are obsessed with on the #fediverse.

2. Post what you want, when you want (in terms of opinion)

3. When others try to shame you or try to moral panic you into compliance, tell them to fuck off. These are not genuine conversations.

Just some rules that I live by on here. Maybe you will find them useful.

@IceWolf