One of the things I ask myself before approving or rejecting your follow request is "are you safe?"
Are you likely to try to hurt me, mine, or other people?
Are you likely to scream at me?
Are YOU hurting so much from something that my opinions will hurt you, even if they are rational?
Are you in a place where you demand a great deal of empathy that I am not in a place to give because of my own circumstances at the moment?
I have never refused a follow because of race, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, education, number of orange cats in your household, or wrong opinions on pineapple pizza. I generally refuse because of ME.
It's not a commentary on you. You might not be safe because you are going through some shit, or I am.
Or because you're a bot follow (no thanks).
