[Heaven's Night]

My issue with this topic is in the USA within the past month the Passport travel is being limited by checking 5 years of Social Media posts. This is effectively limiting what I will say. I am writing a political poetry chapbook called California Freedom Calexit. I do want to release that even though I won't be able to travel.

How to say "I live in a fascist dictatorship" without saying it. Land of the free...

[Curvyguy]

That's why I'm planning to get my guy out of the states as soon as I can. Its no longer land of the free and home of cowardly closeted cowards who rather abuse others than admit any fault themselves 

[flamesabers]

Alice, I wanted to make this thread for that very purpose, so that BN would stay the welcoming nice community it mostly is, most of the time.

People say transphobic bullshit as replies to my posts or push me away from the forum. As is Nexus would be welcoming at all. I've tried it, they don't want me there. But of course I can just leave, or stop replying to anything but my own thread. Or nothing at all, or post only once every three months.

My time is too valuable to get bogged down into some online drama queens sandbox bs. And transphobia of any kind is something I will never tolerate one bit. I will call it out where ever I see it. That's one rare thing on which I will not be silent, negotiate or turn the other cheek.

This is too much attention already, I have dog to take care of, I have a house to get heated and I'm heading out to song writing andsetting up recording equipment today. I was going to post a little iupdate to my thread but maybe that's for another day or something. 

I need coffee.

With the intent of BN staying a welcoming, friendly space, the immediate question that comes to my mind is how to achieve this. Beyond reporting disrespectful posts to the moderators, what else can be done to keep BN an inclusive space? I feel like the problem of trolls, disrespect, etc. is something every Internet community must come to terms with how to deal with (or ignore completely). 

Besides obvious spam posts, I never felt the need to report a post to the moderators (hence my original comment of not feeling bothered or on-edge by what I read on BN).

[Heaven's Night]

It hits differently when it gets personal.