Comments on: The Tumblr controversy: putting users in charge of their own moderation https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-tumblr-controversy-putting-users-in-charge-of-their-own-moderation/2009/02/26 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Marc Fawzi https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-tumblr-controversy-putting-users-in-charge-of-their-own-moderation/2009/02/26/comment-page-1#comment-385217 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:44:16 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=2482#comment-385217 We need resilience not intolerance.

One could argue that harassment of the form your describe, spam, and bullshit in general is a form of art.

What is not art if beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

Obviously, some art under this broad definition is criminal and people can be punished for it, even put to death in systems that have the death penalty.

But for all “art” that is non-criminal in nature, I think it should be allowed and we simply need to develop resilience to that which hurts us.

If someone’s ego is getting hurt then they can be ego-less.

If someone’s emotional well being was being threatened then they toughen up without shutting down.

There are ways to develop resilience instead of intolerance.

Intolerance is reacting to our fears.

Resilience is acknowledging our fears and deciding not to react unless our lives are in danger, which they are not in this case.

Marc

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