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No, I think the effect of "toxic positivity" is found wherever you create a small community, whether that be Reddit, Mastodon, or anything else. Toxic positivi
by fleddr 4y ago
No, I think the effect of "toxic positivity" is found wherever you create a small community, whether that be Reddit, Mastodon, or anything else.
Toxic positivity isn't necessarily about banning, it's rather "soft silencing" within the bubble. Those most ideologically active dominate the network and discourage any type of dissent.
To stick with my mask example. There's absolutely no consensus within progressive circles that mandatory masking should make a comeback. So there should be significant debate even within the progressive bubble. But there is none. Zero. That likely means that a lot of people in the bubble disagree yet are afraid to express that.
- lapcat 4y ago> So there should be significant debate even within the progressive bubble. Why? There are no new government mandates on the horizon, and it's not one of the biggest issues in the world for progressives. > That likely means that a lot of people in the bubble disagree yet are afraid to express that. Or maybe they're just a lot less interested in this debate than the vehement anti-maskers?
- delecti 4y agoEarlier you said "claiming how we should still wear masks", and now you're discussing mandates. I don't think it's contradictory to be opposed to mandates of something you support. As far as my opinion goes, we should still wear masks, but mandates just turn people into petulant children and aren't worth the trouble.
- fleddr 4y agoSee, I was trying to find the most innocent progressive topic as to not derail from my main point. Which is not masks. It's unhinged ideological purity inside bubbles, which soft silences speech. Masks was just an example. And yet still you manage to label anybody opposing your opinion as children, even before hearing any argument. You're part of the problem and the very reason people go into silent mode and simply stop bothering.