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<blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 9210385" data-attributes="member: 57112"><p>I'm trans and on Twitter. I know what a cesspool many different corners of that platform can be. And I've seen my fair share of death threats. I've also gotten death threats on Facebook. And reddit. In Youtube comments. And, yes, also on RPG forums (not here, thankfully, the mod crew keeps it tight, but that still hasn't stopped me from witnessing some incredibly ugly transphobia over years through these pages). The <strong><em>internet writ large </em></strong>is full of of these pits of unchecked human evil. Nobody should be getting death threats anywhere, let alone on the internet, where anonymity begets boldness. Yes, Twitter is worse than most, especially under its new management. But that doesn't negate the pockets of community that have been founded and flourished throughout that and every other platform full of naughty word people, the good those communities of brought. Twitter has gotten me sent death threats. Twitter has also saved my life. There's bad and good there. There's bad and good everywhere.</p><p></p><p>How you feel is perfectly valid, and I absolutely don't begrudge you never wanting to set foot on that website ever again. But what you really shouldn't do is dismiss the comments and conversations of reasonable and rational people just because they're doing it on the same platform as the naughty words that chased you off it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gradine, post: 9210385, member: 57112"] I'm trans and on Twitter. I know what a cesspool many different corners of that platform can be. And I've seen my fair share of death threats. I've also gotten death threats on Facebook. And reddit. In Youtube comments. And, yes, also on RPG forums (not here, thankfully, the mod crew keeps it tight, but that still hasn't stopped me from witnessing some incredibly ugly transphobia over years through these pages). The [B][I]internet writ large [/I][/B]is full of of these pits of unchecked human evil. Nobody should be getting death threats anywhere, let alone on the internet, where anonymity begets boldness. Yes, Twitter is worse than most, especially under its new management. But that doesn't negate the pockets of community that have been founded and flourished throughout that and every other platform full of naughty word people, the good those communities of brought. Twitter has gotten me sent death threats. Twitter has also saved my life. There's bad and good there. There's bad and good everywhere. How you feel is perfectly valid, and I absolutely don't begrudge you never wanting to set foot on that website ever again. But what you really shouldn't do is dismiss the comments and conversations of reasonable and rational people just because they're doing it on the same platform as the naughty words that chased you off it. [/QUOTE]
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