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Some people face challenges to their very right to exist online. Muting the people who say such things is easier than fighting or coping.

Look up spoon theory for a practical explanation.

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I'm an overweight gay male probably on the autism spectrum with learning disabilities, I don't really like effectively being lectured on my privilege.

You'll never change the conversation if you don't engage with it - its perfectly fine to step away from time to time, but unplugging and living in your own reality serves no one.

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I'm not trying to lecture you or tell you what to do. I'm saying this is why some people do what they do.

If you're saying that people who feel a need to block threatening voices shouldn't do so, who's lecturing, exactly?