Personal blogging ethics
Don't reblog screenshots of tweets reacting to scary headlines
Don't reblog screenshots of headlines
Avoid posting scary current events without clear, actionable steps for the reader to take
Be wary of those whose understanding of cruelty is more about what the victim is rather than what was done to the victim eg "op doxxed an indigenous person for calling out their hypocrisy"
Be wary of those who encourage harassment via "isn't this the guy who did xyz?" If they knew for sure, they would say so.
Am I helping minors or am I hating pedophiles?
Am I helping trans people or am I hating terfs?
Am I helping Jewish people or am I hating nazis?
Am I helping the marginalized or am I making them more paranoid?
Fear is the mind killer
Disgust is the mind killer
Suicide baiting is the mark of the impotent
Screenshots of headlines/Twitter and onliners calling you racist antisemitic scum for not sharing their screenshots of headlines/Twitter?
Mind killers! Don't do it.
To be clear, it's not wrong to post about current events that you as an individual can do little to assist. But recognize when your online "awareness" support amounts to
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[screenshot of random Twitter user reacting to a headline of dire news]
[screenshot of random Twitter user mad about it]
[screenshot of random Twitter user mad about it]
[screenshot of random Twitter user with a snarky clapback to no one]
[screenshot of random Twitter user mad about it]
"If you don't reblog this post, you are literally as culpable as Joe Biden. Look at me. Look me in the eyes. You have blood on your hands until you reblog this."
