Post #2809301

2024-08-27 19:09 UTC

@kissane@mas.to I feel this hard, “purity culture” leading to subtraction (of self, of participation, of consideration, of ideas) and that we should be about growth, care, protection, revival. That purity is a test one is trying to measure up to, to force oneself (and others) into quantifiable boxes; chasing purity in all angles is not aligned with the messiness of human grown and maybe its allure is that it promises certainty? A way to KNOW we are safe (by whatever metric we measure that).

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@sara@xoxo.zone 2024-08-27 19:12

@kissane@mas.to to achieve communities that value vulnerability safety can’t be derived from a perception of absolute “purity” but instead something akin to… Grace? Generosity? Empathy? (All within reason, and the tolerance paradox, and all manner of human messiness)

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@iju@mastodon.social 2024-08-27 20:18

@sara@xoxo.zone @kissane@mas.to I'm personally really happy when someone takes time out of their day to explain why something might be a problem and respectfully offers a solution. But then there are those people who misread your message, or don't bother to contextualise it to another culture, and instead of checking did they understand correctly, they just jump forward to sending insulting pictures and tagging you for their friends, who just check the synopsis for the mob...

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