In October we post scary stuff. So here you have a cute little cat.   

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It's funny and ironic how when there's a post arguing about the importance of internet safety and making online spaces more welcoming for women and minorities to express themselves without harassment, almost every time someone will jump in to reply with some variation of "fragile people should stay off the internet!"

And I hate to break it to you, but if the argument that "blocking people and drawing boundaries is good and people should have tools that make them feel safer" alone is enough to rile you up and push you into a mini tantrum, you have no business commenting on anyone else's fragility.

Regular reminder that getting up in arms about someone else's boundaries is a pretty good sign that someone is engaging in abusive behavior.

And yes, being upset about allowlist only, FediBlock, or TBS are all examples of this.

Never have I seen a group of people more determined to continue harassment after being muted/blocked/banned than those who lost their minds when we started openly collectivizing our boundaries to keep each other safe. As has always been the case, reactionary behavior means we're doing something right.