A brief thread:

One of the things I like about Twitter is that we’re all different, we all have different opinions, and I’m good with that.

I genuinely believe that most of the people I follow are good people, but I don’t believe for a second that we’ll agree on everything.

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We all have our faults. Our views can be seen as reprehensible by some, and spot on by others.

This is, I believe, what makes life interesting. And goes back to my point that I think most people I follow on here are good at heart.

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So when I see an account run by multiple anonymous people, taking it upon themselves to tell me who I should or should not be following, and hounding one of the people I follow off Twitter through repeated targeted attacks, I am definitely NOT OK with this.

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I’m a big boy. I’m old enough and wise enough to choose who I follow, or who I don’t. I’m also wise enough to stay out of arguments when I can see best intentions from both sides, but perhaps I don’t agree with the argument, or even understand it fully.

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I certainly don’t agree with accounts that appear to be playing judge and jury over others, and encouraging online bullying, REGARDLESS of whether I might agree with their view.

Arguing or disagreeing with another person is one thing; instigating pile-ons is something else.

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This thread is not intended to be “taking a side” in what I saw to be a pretty heated argument. As I’ve said, I’m staying out of that one.

BUT...

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We don’t (or shouldn’t) need other people to make our moral judgements for us. We’re capable of doing that for ourselves.

At least, I hope we are.

Ends.