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1. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2019 20:45:01 EDT Annah
   There is the very noble and laudable idea that people should reach out to others and try to offer them respectful human dialogue, as opposed to hatred, and I'm definitely on that side of the fence myself, having been actively oppressed in my early years for belonging to a minority, hated group (homosexuals)  But its also worth noting, acknowledging, and respecting, that no one has an obligation to anyone, and they shouldn't have to carry anyone's burden but their own.
   
   This isn't a polar yes/no thing.  The reaction to harassment is not to harass harassers.  If you commit a sin to stop a sin, the number of sinners has remained constant.  Either ignore them or try to correct them.
   1. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2019 20:47:10 EDT Annah

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      Caveat to that: You don't correct anyone by just telling them they're wrong.  Contradiction is not a discussion.
      1. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2019 21:02:46 EDT Annah

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         You never know what demons someone is wrestling with when you interact with them online, especially if you have never met with them.  Be gentle.
   2. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2019 20:46:26 EDT Annah

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      I have no tolerance for people harassing anyone regardless of the supposed moral high ground they do or do not have.  There are people who denegrate real harassment by calling simply disagreement harassment, sure, but to pretend there aren't people being dicks and actually harassing people online is to be either incredibly naive, or willfully blind of the world around you.