I've worked a lot with non profits, open source, community projects, public service organisations etc etc over the years and there is a phenomenon I refer to as "but we're the good guys" syndrome
When folk have their identities all bound up with a job or activity and you say something that challenges them on some basic facet of what they believe they're doing it for, it makes them feel their very identity is under threat and they can really lose their shit!
You see a lot of this on mastodon
Sue Smith /
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2024-05-24 10:10:25
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