⚡💬 NEW - Sarah McBride: "At the end of the day, transphobia, homophobia, misogyny, and sexism are all rooted in the same prejudice... and it's why threats toward trans people are threats toward a...
I reject the idea that disagreement equals harm.
I reject the collapse of harassment, violence, and discrimination into the same bucket as dissent, preference, or moral disagreement.
When institutions declare that opposing views are “threats,” what they’re really doing is asserting control over speech, not protecting people.
Adults do not need a centralized authority to curate reality for them.
We are capable of choosing what we consume, who we listen to, and what we reject.
Platforms that silence voices at the gateway don’t create safety — they create compliance.
And once speech is treated as something to be managed, power inevitably decides who is allowed to exist in public discourse.
That’s why decentralized systems matter.
Not because everyone agrees — but because no one gets to decide for everyone else.
I reject the collapse of harassment, violence, and discrimination into the same bucket as dissent, preference, or moral disagreement.
When institutions declare that opposing views are “threats,” what they’re really doing is asserting control over speech, not protecting people.
Adults do not need a centralized authority to curate reality for them.
We are capable of choosing what we consume, who we listen to, and what we reject.
Platforms that silence voices at the gateway don’t create safety — they create compliance.
And once speech is treated as something to be managed, power inevitably decides who is allowed to exist in public discourse.
That’s why decentralized systems matter.
Not because everyone agrees — but because no one gets to decide for everyone else.
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