ADHDeanASLMar 18, 2024

Mastodon is my primary social media, and there’s a lot I dig about it. But if there’s one thing I’d like to change, it’s the way people say THIS IS A CRISIS RIGHT NOW AND IT’S THE MAIN CRISIS AND IF YOU DON’T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW YOU’RE BAD AND WRONG!!!

Know what? It’s *your* crisis. Do what you think is right. Stop judging others for having different priorities, political or otherwise. Quit putting everything in black and white, absolute terms. It’s exhausting, and nobody can live like that.

Show threadGrassroots Joe

@adhdeanasl

I well understand the fatigue and desire to get a break from all the shitty stuff going on in the world, but I don't think it's anyone's responsibility but yours to curate your feed to tone down what you see.
If you are interested, may I suggest you build a few lists populated with accounts that will meet your desire for fun or silly or intellectually stimulating or the arts or whatever you like.
That way anytime you need an uplift fix, you can be confident of getting what you need.

Mar 18, 2024 at 4:54amWeb
Show threadVon XylofonMar 18, 2024

@joeinwynnewood @adhdeanasl That's not really Dean's point, I would argue. (Certainly isn't mine, and I agree word-for-word with him.) The point is influencing public discourse.

Remember how dudebros would reply to #BLM that all lives matter? How "if you don't care about all lives equally, you're racist" was (rightfully) dismissed as bullshit because focusing on one issue doesn't invalidate others? How is this different? IMO it is bad thinking and people who will listen should be told.

Show threadGrassroots JoeMar 19, 2024

@vonxylofon @adhdeanasl

There's a big difference between immensely privileged people replying to marginalized people with complete bullshit and what sounds to me like marginalized people, or at least people who feel their lives are at real risk, waving a big red flag about it.
You need not believe they are correct in their assessment or their level of panic, but it's their assessment and panic rooted in real things in the world and their lives.
It seems pretty presumptuous to tell them ...

Show threadGrassroots JoeMar 19, 2024

@vonxylofon @adhdeanasl

to stop because, in your opinion, they're wrong or too shrill.

Show threadVon XylofonMar 19, 2024
@joeinwynnewood @adhdeanasl You're absolutely right, but that's not the point that is being made. That point is shaming people for not being as invested as they are in their particular crisis. I myself have picked a crisis and gave literal thousands of $ to solving it over a short period of time so far. Am I a bad person because I haven't done the same for (or at least aren't outraged about) all other crises equally? The people mentioned in OP say I am, and I don't think that discourse helps.
Show threadGrassroots JoeMar 19, 2024

@vonxylofon @adhdeanasl

I don't think you can split that hair.

I expect if you were to ask the posters if shame is what they are aiming for they will respond that they want people to recognize the threat their indifference poses to life and limb.

And in fact you don't like how they're going about expressing that. Their correct reply would be that's not up to you, or me.

If we don't want to be subject to their toots, we can mute or block them.