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I use twitter professionally, but will step out of this line because what I see hurts my heart & insults reason.

I DONT support what many here support. Silence is wrong: I hope to affirm our ability to appreciate dissenting views.

If you disagree it's OK I still ❤️ you
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I DONT support #DefundThePolice.

The system needs repair, yes. Anyone who ever repaired anything knows repair cost $$$. Let's not substitute our desire for justice & better system with extremists’ agenda to destroy the system. Don't betray the police.
#BlueLivesMatter
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I DONT support toppling the statues of our history. I despise vandalism; if we don’t stop it, the art and books go next.
Crash Columbus, Serra & Washington because “their legacy is complicated” (huh, what will be ours?) and keep Lenin(!) standing happily 3 miles from #CHAZ?
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I DONT support symbolic eradication of common terms, e.g. @github sudden concern with "master"
Misplaced activism, zero-risk bias that helps racial injustice no more than buying toilet paper helped with COVID19 - at best. At worst - regretful hypocrisy that fuels social fire.
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I DON’T support current riots & “mostly peaceful” protests. I appreciate the passion of true activists and admire the country where they can freely demonstrate. But bitter irony: if they ever get the kind of government they seek, noone will be able to demonstrate here again.
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I shared here what I DONT Support to test and proof that we, the tech community, are not a mob; that we can hear diverse view points and tolerate dissent, respectfully disagree on things yet stay open and keep ❤️ & ☮️
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In this difficult time, act responsibly. Dont let any radicals wag us into fueling their social fire

1. Pause, Calm, Chill
2. Use our privilege of intellect and education to resist propaganda
3 Little acts of peace - 👍. Any acts of anger or separations 👎

Don’t be a mob!
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PS. Obviously for anyone reasonable, the lack of support of something should not be taken as a sign of support of something else. All views mine. Wherever I'm wrong as I often am - happy to be educated. Attacks will be ignored.
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