If you want to be a StringCutter, it means you agree with the following:
We respect and honour people for their personal achievements, we seek answers and offer supportive criticisms to people who have made mistakes, and we move away from people we disagree with, but the only way anyone is not our equal is if they try and put themselves above others.
No one is above you and the only people below you are those who try and put themselves above you.
We build communities to give people access to other people. We connect communities to increase the reach of each group, allowing them to better themselves.
We try and keep track of who has what skills and resources so that we can connect them to communities where they can help. We try and use our connections to help those in need.
People will criticise us, that's just part of life. However, our response is important. Is there any truth behind it, even if it's meant as an insult?
Take all criticism gracefully and, if we can, make reasonable changes to our lives and perspectives to ensure that the criticism can't be true, even if we believe it to already be false.
No one is perfect, so we should be always looking at ways to improve. We're already good enough, but that's no reason not to strive to be better.
We fight together for what we can change and manage what we cannot as a group. We seek solutions and support, never putting each other down, instead simply refusing to give up.
We find ways to overcome anything stopping us from being ourselves. From manipulative people in our lives, to the rigid structures of society, even the dark spots in our own mental health. We stand strong, together.
Sometimes it's not possible to offer support. We can't home the homeless, we can't go to every event, we can't hand out fist-fulls of cash, and we can't always be there to support every friend in need.
Regardless, when we can offer support, share useful connections, provide guidance, we do. We don't have to give resources, but we are expected to share where we can comfortably.
We don't let rumours end someone's life. It is easy to say that someone was horrible, and we should protect ourselves from harmful individuals, but we should test rumours rather than accepting them at face value, no matter how much we trust the people telling us them.