• SuperDuperKitten@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Assuming you mean like the political climate, I’m not sure exactly what to do as I feel helpless and incompetent to really do as much of a impact. Whenever I can and if my brother send me information about any protest (as majority protest info are on Instagram/Twitter for some reason which I don’t use any of the two anymore) I try go to one if possible.

    But otherwise if it just in general of what stuff I do to help, I tend to file report whenever I see bigots on the Fediverse. So like TERFs are huge no-no and I feel if I hadn’t report them, I’m doing a disservice to instance I’m on that is a safe space for trans people. And also trying to listen to any meta related to Fediverse and try see what I can (and everyone as this isn’t a one-man band) could do to make it safe for everyone beside just people who are just full of hate.

    • comfy@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      Good work reporting bigots. There’s too many of them tolerated in mainstream forums, no need to give them ground here.

      I’m not sure exactly what to do as I feel helpless and incompetent to really do as much of a impact.

      That’s the paradox with collectives - With these large-scale issues, each of us can’t accomplish much by ourselves. And when support becomes large enough, it may seem like our contribution is tiny and trivial. But we know that they’re nothing without any of us! When one takes a step back, the important impact of small contributions becomes clearer; many of the biggest mass movements of all time started with a reading group or a small band of people.

      (as majority protest info are on Instagram/Twitter for some reason which I don’t use any of the two anymore)

      I know that feeling, add in Fascebook for my area too. I found that two of the local progressive political organizations near me share the same events they’re supporting (one lists upcoming events on their webpage so I can use an RSS feed to be notified, the other passes around a list at the end of each meeting so that only works IRL), hopefully your area has something like that.