I'm done, too.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

239. I think different, but tbh, we don't even

know for sure that that fight was why rq is out, although the timing suggests it. Someone had posted an OP about bigtree's leaving in which a commenter had linked to fairly blatant hate speech of some sort or other, but I can't recall if it was racist or misogynistic.

As someone posted either there or here, people just get ground down over time over what seems a neverending fight. I think they need to rest and recharge, and decide if it's the fight they want to keep fighting. Anything worth fighting for almost invariably takes a lot more time anyone fighting for it would like. I think you can take pointers from other fights too - examine how the gay community and the mj legalization folks started winning more fights. And see which strategies and tactics last, and which create backlashes. I think over time, if you look at the different fights it's become plain that leading people into change creates less backlash and lasts better than trying to impose change upon people or tell them how they must change. And this is pretty constant whether on a national level or a one on one relationship. Socialize, gain respect, and convince people one step at a time, and you change them. Piss them off, and they refuse to see what you're trying to tell them simply out of spite.

The catch 22 of that, of course, is that people who have the most 'fire' for a given fight are also more likely to carry a lot of anger about the status quo. So to be most effective, you end up having to harness that anger to give you energy, and not simply let it loose on those who seem most ignorant, or even invested in the status quo. When you let the anger and other negative emotions out, you harm your own cause, lose respect, and help those trolling you.