So that it can never be said that this information is not readily available. How NOT to react to people telling you that you said/did something racist/ableist/homophobic/etc:

- Don't call them trolls
- Don't bring up your [insert diverse] friend up
- Don't say "i'm on your side"
- Don't call them angry/aggressive/mean
- Don't say "but why can't we all be kind"?
- Don't derail by bringing up your invisible mental health struggles
- Don't say "but if you KNEW me you'd know I'm not [insert bigoted thing]"
- Don't block the person you hurt in the first place
- Don't jump into the replies of diverse/marginalized authors discussing why what you did was wrong in a broader sense
- Don't make it about you or you being hurt about being called out
- Don't ONLY reply to white repliers while ignoring Black/IPOC repliers
- Don't write an apology that has any justification for what you did or does anything more than just owning that you messed up and you want to do better
- Don't bring up that your great great great uncle was 1/4 BIPOC
- Don't keep talking...

...Just LISTEN. LEARN.
- Don't say you were hacked
- Don't let your sister/husband/relative come in and start fighting with the people asking you to do better
- Don't mistake the whole community agreeing that what you did was wrong with being trolled/cancel culture
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