Erin KissaneNov 10, 2024

I really try to hang out in more nuanced modes of rhetoric but: Don’t amplify psychological terrorism by repeating it in social media posts condemning it. Stop.

When you do this, no matter your intent, you are helping the worst people by repeatedly exposing the intended targets to the terrorizing messages.

Yes, hate campaigns need to be discussed. Not by amplifying the messages themselves across networks rich in their targets.

Show threadErin KissaneNov 10, 2024
Terrified people getting constantly re-terrified can’t think clearly. We all need to be thinking as clearly as we can. This was true in 2016 and during the early-pandemic info vacuum and it’s true now.
Show threadFifi Lamoura
@kissane 💯 we need more "tend and befriend" response and less "fight, flight or freeze" over the long haul.
Nov 10, 2024 at 4:17pmWeb
Show threadErin KissaneNov 10, 2024
@fifilamoura YES
Show threadFifi LamouraNov 10, 2024
@kissane During the AIDS crisis most of what we were doing was tending and befriending. People on the outside saw the activism and there was lots of organizing among ourselves and with allies but the tend and befriend network of queer and straight people was the foundational layer. This isn't like organizing a corporate event or advertising campaign, you need to focus on care for those who need it first. There'll be plenty of work for the people who want to campaign too (as there was during the AIDS crisis) but any real movement comes out of taking emotional and physical care of each other.
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Nov 10, 2024
@fifilamoura @kissane very nice. Thanks for sharing this perspective. It resonates and inspires me ❤
Show threadEllen L. SimmsNov 11, 2024
@fifilamoura
Yes! This is so important. 40 years later, those ties still bind and provide support.