I started twitter determined not to block anyone, then gradually started blocking anyone who was really abusive/stalkery, then anyone who insulted me, and I've just moved the bar to "anyone who makes me feel bad"
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don't care if your thing was reasonable or mild or subtle, having to constantly ward off tiny hits of psychic damage from a bunch of people is not the experience I wanna be having on this bird app
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Super reasonable - and also sustainable - approach! If people don't want to communicate with kindness, you're not obliged to listen to them.
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Never apologize for what you have to do to keep yourself safe - physically or psychologically.
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Can we just take a moment to appreciate the "constantly ward off tiny hits of psychic damage" line? 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Isn't this just cancel culture? I've learned some of my favorite things from trying to see the wisdom of people who criticized me in immature ways. It might be different as a celebrity, but it still sounds like what my pro-cancel-culture friends say.
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