TheSameCat on Nostr: I can see how the word friend might skew my intended meaning there. I am speaking in ...

I can see how the word friend might skew my intended meaning there. I am speaking in terms like Jesus would've been with the term "neighbor."

I do not mean to propose that you have to agree with every person on the Internet, or even be chummy. I'm saying that when someone is being dog piled by a mob, which side the mob is on is irrelevant.

I refuse to be a party to abuse whether it's by the group that agrees with me, or disagrees. If I do, then I am no different than they are, and deserve what will inevitably happen when the mob turns against me.

It is quite possible to take a strong moral stand on an issue, while simultaneously standing against the treatment of people opposed to you. This is why we have things like war crimes, etc.

*I stand opposed to mobs, bullying, harassment, and abuse regardless of it's source or destination.*

This turns into a very deep conversation that would take several pages to fully articulate, but I hope I have communicated the gist of my meaning/intention. Probably could have worded that passage a bit better.