Well or ill-intended, we all behave like a bunch of bullies in Twitter. Why is it? Do we feel more vulnerable than in real life and react defensively? Or does it transmit unaccountability rewarding our darkest impulses? We can do better, we must do better.
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Replying to @twitemp1
TBF there are people on Twitter who act offensively, not all react defensively prima facie.
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Replying to @o_guest
True, I think that to some extent we all do it, sometimes
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Replying to @twitemp1
I don't think the problem is what we do but the context. Removing somebody from a room using force against their will, for example, sounds abusive without context. But I can think of cases where exactly this is the correct action.
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Replying to @o_guest
Yes, true again, still, I think we can do better. Following your simile, e.g., preventing entry.
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Replying to @twitemp1
Pre-judging or predicting behaviour is hard. So when that happens you might describe, e.g., the bouncer or parent or police officer or medical staff member as abusive, given how your OP is phrased. I would disagree in the cases in which it was warranted by the context.
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Replying to @o_guest
Well, here, in principle, we just "talk" and I think we can do it better, but I understand your point and share it in many cases.
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Replying to @o_guest
I'm just following your simile. In Twitter ppl can be prevented from interacting in many ways. One way, apart from the obvious, is to ostracise them, making a void around them. Of course, this in reference to "your" group.
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I don't follow. In my simile, "ostracise them, making a void around them" is what I described as " Removing somebody from a room using force against their will, for example, sounds abusive without context." — why do you see it as something else?
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Replying to @o_guest
Never mind, Olivia. I think we see this from a different perspective
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