Swapna KrishnaSeeing a lot of discussion about people being bugged to put discussions of their experiences with racism behind content warnings and friends, this isn’t a good thing. (Thread)
I like Mastodon’s CW culture but.
BUT.
Come on now.
Let’s be clear that CWs are great. But someone existing as different from you, as a marginalized identity, does not go behind a content warning. And talking about the discrimination they experience might make you uncomfortable—trust me, when I experience racism, it’s very uncomfortable. The response is to try and do something about it, not to tell them they’re making you uncomfortable.
And if all you can do about it in the moment is listen, that’s ok too. But telling them to put it behind a CW is telling them—telling us—that we, as people, aren’t welcome here.
JP Toto@skrishna No argument there. That's the kind of conversation that _should_ be in the open.
Having said that, I guess it would be up to the Mastodon instance admins to set the type of culture they want to encourage. I keep waffling on whether or not that's a good or bad thing.