There are some people on the fedi that it's like...every day is a battle in their mentions.

And there's a part--a very small part--of me that wants to say, "What are you doing to invite that?"

And another small part of me (of which I am not proud) adds, "It's not like I've ever experienced that. Certainly not to that degree."

And then it dawns on me: This is whiteness talking. Of course I haven't experienced it. The people in question are a black man and a trans woman.

I talk all this shit, and only rarely get someone in my mentions wanting to fight about it.

Now that's some privilege.