I guess I had been wanting to pull my energy from this for a while now and I felt my fingers dragged to the keyboard yesterday, out in one! Fringe being that I may be, I have felt kinda involved - perhaps as a result of writing those two letters I linked to. Makes this post the third point of the triangle, my self-extrication from the combat zone :).

You're right that the blockchain is bigger than these battles and will not be 'hurt' as such - my graphic was rather sensationalist in this regard lol. It looks like my expression of anger/frustration/sadness at the issue more than a reflection of reality :)

Caring or not does seem to be a major factor - the quality of this 'care', and what is 'cared' about/for. And it seems that caring for all manner of things is on display (pride, status, perceptions of others, self-importance, schadenfreude....), save for the sensitivities of the hurting, feeling, inner child, whose cries of pain and anguish translate into weapons (if one has the power), or else tomatoes and rotten fruit thrown from the galleries. I guess in this sense, care = empathy = having some notion of the 'other's' emotional position on the issue in addition to one's own. When there is a perception of pain/vulnerability/feeling in the other (and of course people, especially men, are conditioned to conceal such things, for they are signs of weakness), it is harder to 'attack', for this is a reflection of one's own feelings. To attack nonetheless therefore, also has the quality of self-violation.

I read your post on this issue, and I have seen you around the blockchain. I know you have done a great deal to promote content and community and I know you have often been on the receiving end of sticks and stones. IMO, your communication skills are excellent!

Many thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts @llfarms 🔆