James 🇨🇦 @jagg2@qoto.org

Not all opinions carry equal weight. Uninformed opinions should be dismissed without hesitation. Pretending an opinion has value just so the person expressing it doesn't feel bad is dangerous to them and society.

#ThoughtForTheDay #Trump #Musk

As a general rule, when you criticize the terminology used by someone, it is your responsibility to provide better terminology. Examples:
"[system] is not a platform, it is a ___".
"[word] is not a slur, it is a ___"
It's fine to argue that a word is being used too broadly, but you can't simply insist that people abandon having any word for the concept they are talking about.

Doing a bit of an experiment. Boost if you agree!

Trans rights are human rights.

Black lives matter.

No human is illegal.

Love is love.

Her body is her choice.

Science is real.

Kindness is everything.

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it becomes more popular than the birdsite.

When I visited a national #WitchFest event shortly before the Pandemic, I was enlightened by how many different beliefs people held, the disparate nature of those and the crossovers.
#dragons
#fairies
#tarot
#wicca
#crystals
#paganism
#Eco-awareness and much more.
No one person seemed to hold exactly the same views as another.
The lack of a centrally-organised religion meant people made their own minds up and weren't told what to think.
The general opinion seemed to me to do no harm to the planet and to others. Theoretically the latter is a tenet of the major Abrahamic religions, though many followers of them could do with remembering that.
Opposite the queue to get in was a man ranting about how we were all going to hell .. as though we all believed in a hell. He was intent on doing us harm .. upsetting us; yet the attendees did nothing to warrant this. He didn't understand us and, try as a few did, wasn't interested in discussing this or finding out.
I myself am an atheist, but care about the planet. I also love tarot and other means of supposed divination, though more as a way of telling a story or entertaining or helping others, rather than any power.
I am open to all things .. with evidence.

To this extent I'm really interested to know how the age breakdown of people on the #Fediverse. On one hand it would seem to make sense to me that most people here remember the "old internet" before the centralization and they're here to rekindle that flame of independence. On the other hand the youths are generally pretty up on this whole technology thing. I grew up on the internet and since then smartphones have become even more ubiquitous.

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