Comments that add nothing of substance to the conversation and often serve to derail it:

1. Not all
2. No True Scotsman Fallacy
3. Whataboutism
4. Making light of the topic or doing the thing the tweet is calling out as a "joke"
5. Mansplaining

6. Hypotheticals
7. All lives matter
8. It could be worse/It& #39;s way worse elsewhere
9. Tone policing
10. Toxic Positivity
11. Sealioning
12. It& #39;s just a joke/(defensively) "I didn& #39;t intend to be offensive" (intent doesn& #39;t matter)

Ways to positively add to the conversation:

A) Ask questions in good faith & respectfully
B) Listen when people who know what they are talking about are speaking
C) Apologize if you cause offense
D) Call out abusers & harassers (not the person being abused)

E) Show support for the OP
F) Stay on topic
G) Write your own thread if this person& #39;s thread doesn& #39;t cover a related topic that is important to you. (And don& #39;t harass OP about not including it.)
H) Only explain something if you& #39;re asked

I) Read the room. Sometimes jokes aren& #39;t appropriate. Sometimes they are!
K) Remember that just bc people joke around and talk sht with their friends doesn& #39;t mean they& #39;re OK doing so with you, esp if you& #39;re not close.