We are guests here, and it is rude to ignore your hosts. You don't have to agree with or like what they have to say, but we do owe them courtesy and respect for allowing us in after the ban.
There are some who will attempt to discourage you as our presence threatens their sense of exclusivity, and that's fair. Had reddit never banned GA and other subs, we would never have interacted with these users, and both sides would have been content. But the fates have brought us together, and so we must make the best of it.
As a group, a lot of us are going to need to toughen up. You will be targeted and hazed in some pretty offensive ways. If you can roll with it, and show everyone that a mean name a random on the Internet called you doesn't bother you, you will have passed. Once you have accomplished that, and begin to interact with other users here you are going to discover just how much you have in common with them. That is how the movement begins it's exponential growth.
This exodus happened for a reason. It forced us out of our comfort zone and pushed us that much closer to the source. Perhaps we were a bit to complacent, happily collecting upvotes for a cheerleader's WWG1WGA low effort post, feeling good about ourselves while not really contributing to the cause. This is our opportunity to change that, to change our approach and understanding of what this movement is about.
So move away from this /v and explore a little. This isn't reddit, you may get insulted over your views here, but you won't be silenced. Interact with other users here and once you get past the perfunctory triple slur greetings, you may discover they have something of merit to offer, however slight it may be. Don't hide in an echo chamber, we've been conditioned by reddit to stay within our containment for far too long. It is time for us to expand, both ourselves and our cause.
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ApoliticalProle ago
We are guests here, and it is rude to ignore your hosts. You don't have to agree with or like what they have to say, but we do owe them courtesy and respect for allowing us in after the ban. There are some who will attempt to discourage you as our presence threatens their sense of exclusivity, and that's fair. Had reddit never banned GA and other subs, we would never have interacted with these users, and both sides would have been content. But the fates have brought us together, and so we must make the best of it. As a group, a lot of us are going to need to toughen up. You will be targeted and hazed in some pretty offensive ways. If you can roll with it, and show everyone that a mean name a random on the Internet called you doesn't bother you, you will have passed. Once you have accomplished that, and begin to interact with other users here you are going to discover just how much you have in common with them. That is how the movement begins it's exponential growth. This exodus happened for a reason. It forced us out of our comfort zone and pushed us that much closer to the source. Perhaps we were a bit to complacent, happily collecting upvotes for a cheerleader's WWG1WGA low effort post, feeling good about ourselves while not really contributing to the cause. This is our opportunity to change that, to change our approach and understanding of what this movement is about. So move away from this /v and explore a little. This isn't reddit, you may get insulted over your views here, but you won't be silenced. Interact with other users here and once you get past the perfunctory triple slur greetings, you may discover they have something of merit to offer, however slight it may be. Don't hide in an echo chamber, we've been conditioned by reddit to stay within our containment for far too long. It is time for us to expand, both ourselves and our cause.