PSA to please not censor the names of politicians or use coy allusions when talking about politics and world news.

[Gast]

PSA to please not censor the names of politicians or use coy allusions when talking about politics and world news. Some people have filters that you are bypassing by doing this. *I* have filters that you are bypassing. And before anyone tries to get snide, it isn’t because I’m “not political” or I have my head in the sand: it’s because I don’t use social media for news or politics. I am extremely aware of what is happening in the world and I need to maintain the energy to fight it.

I am taking on the responsibility of curating my feed by using the tools available to me, so the least you can do is ensure those tools *work*.

[Gast]

I’m not even asking people to use CWs here, I’m literally just asking that you use normal human language that filters will pick up so that I can keep using this site. I don’t get my news from here. I don’t want to get my news from here. I don’t want to discuss the news here. I spend a certain amount of time a day on awareness and political activities and outside of that time I need to be really careful what I put into my fucking brain so I don’t burn out completely.

[Gast]

I, like a lot of neurodivergent people, am hyperempathetic. This is *not* me saying I’m a good person! It’s actions that make a good person, not feelings. This is me saying that I am empathetic to the point of it being painful and debilitating, and I cannot regulate or control it. If anything, it’s made me a *worse* person because I find myself avoiding things that might upset me.

However, I can’t cut myself off from the news completely because, like a lot of neurodivergent people, I have a strong sense of justice and morality, and I could never forgive myself for sticking my head in the sand.

Strict regulation of what I put into my brain is how I work around my limitations.