Post #2221235
2026-05-07 21:48 UTC
@RuthSalter@mastodon.scot Over the autumn winter I went out knocking on doors of my neighbours with a petition to tax the super rich. But, as we all know petitions have little chance, a big part was encouraging people to talk about the world in as open and friendly a way as I could with the bandwidth talking in person allows over text-based docisl media. I let people talk as long as they wanted. Some talked for several hours. There's a lot of isolation.
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@slowe@mastodon.me.uk 2026-05-07 21:53
@RuthSalter@mastodon.scot A small fraction immediately changed the conversation from my petition on the super rich into being angry about immigrants. These people couldn't listen but also accused me of "not listening" when I tried to ask them questions about what they thought. I realised they really meant I wasn't actively agreeing with them but framing it as me not listening was how they could frame it that I was doing them wrong. These people proactively insisted I'd call them racist.