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To be clear, I have actual anxiety issues around this. Not "discomfort". The last time I was "called out" there was a dog pile, and I was threatened, my DMs were invaded with hateful garbage from strangers. People made up stories about me. I didn't sleep for days.

I started this thread because I was frustrated that I sometimes felt unsafe simply interacting with others. I wasn't simply "called out". I was dehumanized as the embodiment of "white tech bro" and put on display so a few people could get Twitter points. There's a difference.

That's a really great thing to talk about in private with a therapist instead of opening up an opportunity for a bunch of pile on in the other direction on your large platform. The nuance is lost on people who just want to lash out, on both sides.

This is a tone-deaf reply. If therapy is necessary to deal with Twitter pile-ons, then maybe Twitter pile-ons are the problem, full stop.

No one said pile ons were good. Conflating pile ons and call outs on a large platform without nuance is a different conversation

I have no problem with being called out. The issue is past a certain follower count, every callout carries the strong chance of a pile on. Because there are sociopaths that feed off of pile-ons watching and waiting.

The exact situation that you described is what every woman goes through multiple times a day with men. We dont decide not to talk to men because we *can't* and we aren't writing threads about how all men are the problem, we write about the patriarchy and toxic masculinity

Are you implying that I lodged a complaint to my followers that one, large, generalized group was a problem? Because I never did that. Not even close.