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same argument can be made for bluesky or reddit pretty much any platform you slap political labels on and this only increases division and radicalizes people on
by agentifysh 10mo ago
same argument can be made for bluesky or reddit pretty much any platform you slap political labels on and this only increases division and radicalizes people on the fringes and desperate for a sense of belonging to as surrogacy for loneliness
- verdverm 10mo agoDo you want the alt-right to take over? If your answer is no, then understand we need to talk about it all the time to fight back. They want us to _not talk_ about what they are doing so we _remain ignorant of each other_ think about what they are doing, so they can get away with more
- agentifysh 10mo agoNo but do you want the alt-left to take over? I'm for neither side and im tired of the constant ideological battles
- verdverm 10mo agoWe need to talk about both of them, not neither You want constant ideological battles to end, and the answer is... do nothing? They have the megaphone. If you want to take it away, we have to talk to each other about it so they start marginalizing their posts and opinions. MAGA is the poster child for the Overton shift, it's not going back any amount without effort
- groby_b 10mo agoYou'll need to understand that <blatantly political actor does stupid thing> is a criticism of the actor's stupidity, not the political faction. If it consistently happens more often for any given political faction, then it's still not an ideological statement, just a realization that not every political direction has an equal commitment to facts and reality. So, mostly, I'd like the alt-stupids to not take over.
- whoknowsidont 10mo agoAs far as everyone on the planet is aware, the alt-left doesn't want to murder people.