Survival on this Hellsite
I click a post, show all replies, "you cannot see this reply because you have the author blocked"
The protective mantra repeats, a graveyard of heinous opinions I am not subject to.
Thank you block button, I love you.
This is the secret to freeing your mind. Forget your "DNI" in your description, and wield the block button like a mace. I've been here 12 years. Am I creating an echo chamber? No, not really. I am creating a refuge chamber. I see art, I see literary reviews, I see fundraisers and nature photography, I just do not see anyone who makes being hateful and telling people they are bad and should feel bad. I'm not blocking people for disagreeing with me, I'm blocking people who make their hatred of a subject their entire personality.
I will not engage with TERFs, or Zionists, with hateful Christians and homophobes, with novice children railing against nuanced stances in arguments that have been going on since before they were a tingle in their daddy's nutsack.
Depicting a subject in art does not mean the artist condones or endorses that behavior in real life, and censoring depictions of uncomfortable subjects only allows real life perpetrators to hide behind that discomfort to continue their abuses in real life private spaces without hearing their condemnation in public.
Queer is not a slur. Trans Men are Men and Trans Women are Women, even if they're bad people, or celebrities. I will not allow transphobia to slide because you picked a target I didn't know. No one is exempt from discrimination rooted in the patriarchy and TME and TMA are labels that only invite infighting. Being a member of one minority does not mean you are incapable of being an abuser, does not make you incapable of having internalized prejudices, does not exempt you from having to treat other people the way you want to be treated. Being black doesn't stop you from being homophobic, being queer doesn't stop you from being ableist, being disabled doesn't stop you from being racist, get it? This is not rock paper scissors.
This is for my mental health. It is MY blog. My devotional space, my sanctuary. Sometimes I post my art. Sometimes I post about my real life. Some of my mutuals are people I have met in real life and treasure, others are internet friends I've been chatting with for a literal decade. Some are graves, dedicated to friends who have passed.
If you're new here, welcome. If you want to learn, ask me in good faith, I love to educate on environmentalism, human rights, pagan religious spaces, writing, art and emergency preparedness. I'm ex-military and also anti-military. I'm proudly anti-racist and pro-black. I'm proudly queer, neurodivergent, disabled, and norse pagan. I love to talk! Send me asks!
If you've got a problem with the way I curate my online experience, I will not hesitate to add you to my blocklist.
