Update on TTW and Yoshi

[daredtowork]

111. Yes but they can take care of themselves

Does Msantrhope really need DU to take her side against TTW, given TTW's situation?

I don't follow this closely, so I don't know if TTW got back in touch with Moosepoop or if she still feels burned after she almost lost Yoshi. Moosepoop tried very hard to help TTW, and of course she is owed gratitude. I do think it's unfair to underestimate TTW's feelings about Yoshi in this picture. But as I said above, I'm trying to stay circumspect in my own speculation about TTW's feelings: I've mainly come in with a "defense" of TTW when I felt that some egregious attack was being made on her to suit the purposes of someone on DU - i.e., it had nothing to do with TTW.

The entire situation is very meta me for me: not because I don't care about TTW - she *seems* to have gone through a situation I can very much identify with, and I can therefore recommend a lot of resources regarding it. However, since this is an Internet forum, we can never get that depth knowledge: and that includes negative judgments as well.

If we are people of good will, we can try to nudge TTW in the right direction for her LOCAL resources.

Just as importantly, and why I support TTW being allowed to continue to post here, is that we can acknowledge those LOCAL resources may not exist. We can discover that through attempting to help TTW. That's a political problem. That expands are awareness and helps us promote change. And if that prompts some people to reach out and help TTW personally, why stand in their way? Msanthrope's experience will probably dissuade them, but that example is there on the record now. There's no need to go in and make up extra stories about TTW being on drugs, etc.