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This is gonna be a long thread. Read if you are agitated by Internet warriors, COS I AM.
Internet is a funny but scary place. It allows you to open yourself to the world & yet it curbs your opinion. You are asked to follow a definite pattern of opinion, just like how schools 1/n
Internet is a funny but scary place. It allows you to open yourself to the world & yet it curbs your opinion. You are asked to follow a definite pattern of opinion, just like how schools 1/n
,teachers, parents & society try to mould us in a defined box of thinking.
It’s very easy to find a cheap internet connection and hide yourself behind the keyboard to hurl abuses at someone who wishes to disagree. 2/n
It’s very easy to find a cheap internet connection and hide yourself behind the keyboard to hurl abuses at someone who wishes to disagree. 2/n
They say-we fight for the rights of the unheard, & yet when you try to become a part of them to raise your voice, but disagree to their methodology, they label you, bash you & almost make you feel like a culprit. If this is what activism on social media is, I give up on it. 3/n
The open nature of internet is a blessing when used rationally, judicially & in a civilized manner, but a curse when used for propagating hatred, rigid opinions and extremism. Extremists & bullies online have made this place toxic. They are marked by superiority complex 4/n
But the insecurity in them doesn’t allow meaningful conversations here. They are worse than real life bullies because they don’t have an identity. They mask themselves while weaving hatred & toxicity. They use the keyboards to make you a person which you may be not. 5/n
eg- I speak about wrong done by the govt, and suddenly i am a leftist, a liberandu & an anti national. I am hailed like a queen by those who are anti government. But honestly I am none- not a queen, not an anti national. 6/n
If i speak about wrong done by anti Government people or disagree to their way, I become ignorant, a rightist, a sanghi, a bhakt and then I am hailed like a queen by those who are pro government. But honestly i am none- not a queen, not a bhakt or an oppressor. 7/n
Then who am I?
I am a fellow being, wanting to learn something new from others and wanting to share something to others. I just made a choice to use my right to express. But internet bullies don't allow that. They ask you to pick sides like some tug of war 8/n
I am a fellow being, wanting to learn something new from others and wanting to share something to others. I just made a choice to use my right to express. But internet bullies don't allow that. They ask you to pick sides like some tug of war 8/n
I refuse to do that. I might not be perfect, but i am not a bully or an extremist and that makes me better than all these internet warriors who have such rigid notions of what is right, that it's scary. 9/n
But why do these bullies affect someone ?
Because being labelled makes you question yourself, it gives you self doubt no matter how strong headed you are, no matter how strong your beliefs are, no matter who you are. 10/n
Because being labelled makes you question yourself, it gives you self doubt no matter how strong headed you are, no matter how strong your beliefs are, no matter who you are. 10/n
They preach “Be yourself “but when they actually see you being yourself, they attack you like a swarm of locusts, they eat you up by stinging words, while all they do to pull you down is- push the keyboard buttons. It's just that simple ! 11/n
But what if someone is wrong in what they preach?
Disagree but don’t spew hate. Be humble in voicing or simply choose to ignore, mute & block. Move ahead and fight the battles you genuinely believe in. But don’t turn into clogged head bullies and extremists. BE RESPONSIBLE 12/n
Disagree but don’t spew hate. Be humble in voicing or simply choose to ignore, mute & block. Move ahead and fight the battles you genuinely believe in. But don’t turn into clogged head bullies and extremists. BE RESPONSIBLE 12/n
And for me,i might not be in a correct frame of mind right now (thanks to the extremists/bullies) but bounce back even stronger, because this girl definitely hasn’t learnt to kneel before unidentified insecure bullies & their extremism. Cheers.
