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That's a downside to posting things to the internet. Even the people you don't want to access it, can.

Pretty much nothing, except make you a bigger target for retaliation.

Replying to Avatar Juniper Stilwell

Here’s a little something for the guys…

Most of us (myself included) have a pretty strong shame response to having our privilege named. It can make us feel confused and powerless to find we have contributed, probably unknowingly, to the harm of others in our community.

The defensiveness that typically follows may come in a few forms:

1. Outright hostility and aggression

2. Minimizing counter-evidence

3. Demands for education

Each of these are an attempt to regain the kind of control and safety we usually feel as ā€œnormalā€. We normally navigate the world feeling safe, understood, and likely to find some level of solidarity with others. This feeling of safety is part of what is meant by ā€œprivilegeā€.

We are far less likely to be subject to unprovoked harassment, threats, and de-humanization. When these things do occur they are less likely to conjure up a consistent, lifelong history of physical threats and/or attacks suffered by less-privileged people (usually at the hands of people who look/sound/identify like us).

I’m not saying that we haven’t or can’t suffer harm or experience trauma — far from it. But the defensiveness and coping strategies in response to trauma aren’t something a decentralized protocol is going to fix.

I’ve found talk therapy helpful. It’s not for everyone, but I want to encourage you find something that helps you feel fully human again. (hint: spewing hate speech online just because you can probably isn’t it)

For the men out here trying to do their inner work and lift others up, I’m grateful.

Love y’all

The real problem might be that people keep struggling to feel "normal".

It seems that at least some of the women are men striving to get more attention than they do as the men they are.

I did all the steps to set up a #bitcoin #wallet on nostr (I think). Would someone be willing to #zap me a microtransaction to test if it is working? Thank you.

Because some people need assistance with their spelling and grammar.

You should have used the word 'than' in both places you incorrectly used "then". Than is a comparator, then is a time.

Oh, I was hoping this had to do with my requested feature: add a report option for people who write in all caps.