The way to stop the hard right smearing their empathic deficit and lies all over your mind is to not engage with them at any point, and to de-amplify them in social media at every opportunity.
LIke this: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2uufde7u55z4it3u55jotobs/lists/3k7tyyvmjrw2q
LIke this: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2uufde7u55z4it3u55jotobs/lists/3k7tyyvmjrw2q
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I'm happy here if I can get my football news and see hilarious webcomics, without having to worry about 'subtle' racism all over the TL
There is some nasty social manipulation in that worthy of several essays