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Look, I have no direct idea what the kerfuffle (my word for it) of the last few weeks has been between people on this site, but if you've been here in the last year, you know what the purpose of the site is: a respectful space for open dialogue. Everyone has a voice here.
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Not everyone is going to agree about everything. That's inevitable in any human group of any size. The standard curve still applies. Occasionally there will be people from far outside the margins who are intent on causing anguish, intentionally or through lack of forethought. It matters little.
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Attacking people here is verboten. IT HAS TO BE. This cannot be a safe space where people can express themselves honestly and openly if they ALWAYS have to fear the negative repercussions. Whatever may be said, vicious, cruel, unfeeling attacks on others are WRONG.
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This doesn't mean we're going to be "one big happy family." It DOES mean that we are going to be decent enough human beings to rein in the most egregious impulses to lash out at others when we disagree. The caveat, of course, are the profusion of -isms we are all aware of and have no place here.
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Block and mute as you need, but do so WITHOUT the need to dispense harm. Let us disagree without being disagreeable. Let us share without being hurtful. Let us speak AND listen. Let us understand where our privilege lies and how far it extends, and whether it SHOULD go as far as we let it.
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Above all, be kind. So many of us have hurt, are hurting, are coping, are looking for some form of love or empathy or compassion. There's no need to fill this space with the dirge of discontentment that plays across our world.

JUST BE GOOD, PEOPLE.
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