I wonder why I haven’t seen mentioned, in discussions of tone policing, the fact that some people have trauma such that having people behave aggressively toward them can completely FREAK. THEM. OUT. I feel like this is an important trade off to consider when making the decision not to tone police in a given space. I assume someone has brought this up before, but I haven’t seen it myself.
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saaaame… this blog is an Aggression Free Zonedoesn’t mean your opinions aren’t valid or that you don’t deserve to be...
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sinesalvatorem reblogged this from happinessisnotalwaysfun and added:
Same, though mostly it’s when people I know direct it at or near me.
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In my experience organized discussion spaces of the sorts that discourage tone policing tend to do better about this...
kelsbraintumbler said: not trauma for me, but yeah I’m really bad at dealing with it. Even when it’s not at *me*, sometimes I drop out of chats when a few people are mad at each other, or it seems like they might be?
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Data point: I am freaked out by aggression! Shouting, swearing, raised voices, even a “sharp and pointed tone”, and...
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