Thread by @caroljsroth

A few words on platform-shaming.
I've been fortunate to share my thoughts on a slew of things on various platforms, but I often get pushback resembling, “I like you, but I don’t like where you are posting” as a reason not to engage or to invalidate my ideas. I find this bizarre.

If you like what I am saying, wouldn’t you want me to bring it to a wide audience, including an audience who may not get to hear that message very often?

How do people learn different perspectives if messengers are blocked from talking to them?

The same goes with accounts I follow and engage with. There are people I have been criticized for following, sharing and/or liking content. People are not one-dimensional characters. We are complex.

I may not agree with most of what a person says, but if they share something worth engaging with, I am not judging the person or other messages, just the one at hand.

There are also many people who get undeserved criticism because of the desire to turn them into a caricature.

I encourage you to be more open. If you follow those you don’t agree with, it allows you at least have some understanding of how others get to their thought processes and refine your own. Getting out of your own bubble will- at a minimum- help you learn and grow.

One more thing...
Remember you can criticize ideas instead of criticizing people.

It's more effective and it doesn't make you look like a schmuck. ;)