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Good job Marissa for bringing the serious topics into the light. In many ways I feel that the Reptile hobby is hit harder than Gun Ownership when it comes to taking away our liberties in this regard.
On the original topic, I definitely agree that this is something that should be common sense. Just because we aren't doing something wrong doesn't mean we have to advertise it for the whole world to see on a public forum where opinions can be made arbitrarily and not argued/defended.
Rather than post pics of our bites, save them for use when a friend asks us what a bite looks like.
Rather than post a feeding video where someone could stumble across it and get their butts hurt, feed when friends who are genuinely interested in the hobby are visiting the snake room.
Rather than show the whole world that we can handle hots freehand, save it for a scholarly workshop or for "private showings" of our collections.
Part of being a responsible hobbyist of any kind is realizing the stigma/image that our hobby faces, and doing our best to educate people on the true image that our hobby should show. This means there are parts that we advocate 1000% and show to everybody we possibly can; this also means that there are aspects that we don't publicize unless it's to the right people in the right circumstances. It's not being a push-over, and it's not hiding who we are as reptile keepers; it's about knowing how to win our battles and how to properly argue for our rights.
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