[29athrowaway]

And why did that happen?

Hate and intolerance could be one reason, but there are others. Ignorance, immaturity, prejudice and steoreotyping, etc.

And the way to deal with that is through compassion. A good start is to feel sorry for them.

[lijok]

> Hate and intolerance could be one reason, but there are others. Ignorance, immaturity, prejudice and steoreotyping, etc.

Those are all signs of a toxic community, which is what this article is about

[29athrowaway]

I am just trying to say that we should begin our conversations giving each other the benefit of the doubt, and then build mutual understanding through compassion and empathy. That is all.

That mod is likely an ill-intentioned guy and in violation of the Discord ToS, but starting every conversation by accusing others of being ill-intentioned is how we end achieving nothing as a society.

Punishment and an escalation of intolerance are not the goal, tolerance is. We are not going to heal the world one accusation or insult at a time.

When you are not a prejudiced person, a good starting point is to consider yourself fortunate in that respect, and then acknowledging others might not have been as fortunate as you.

[wesapien]

Is there no self reflection in these communities? Everywhere they go is toxic and hateful. We're giving so much rope to protected groups that they will eventually hang everyone with it.