and look, frankly, being yelled at by a lot of people sucks shit! I don't really blame them for not liking bluesky very much, I wouldn't either but it's possible to dislike a place without deciding that becoming friends with the race science crowd is good and it speaks extremely poorly of them - ThreadSky

rincewind.run • 10 days ago

and look, frankly, being yelled at by a lot of people sucks shit! I don't really blame them for not liking bluesky very much, I wouldn't either

but it's possible to dislike a place without deciding that becoming friends with the race science crowd is good and it speaks extremely poorly of them

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sammythewhammy.bsky.social•10 days ago

Being yelled at by a bunch of people sucks, and when trans people wanted a place where we get yelled at slightly less people lost their minds

elenem.bsky.social•10 days ago

I still can't past the basic fact that everyone tells leftists to be more accommodating but no-one tells the Nazis that. That alone makes me stop caring. The rightists would be falling over themselves to say how good and powerful a platform was if it was as right as bluesky is left.

pjbrissy.bsky.social•10 days ago

Weird how the center is only allowed to shift in one direction. I feel I’m being perceived as much more left wing every year, even though my views haven’t really changed and I consider myself pretty moderate.

ravenonthill.bsky.social•10 days ago

It's weird. It's like these people have no consciences. There's no cutout, "no wait a minute, I'm aligning myself with Nazis." WtF?

jmstockhausen.bsky.social•10 days ago

Taibbi Syndrome. Self-identified center-left liberal gets attacked from the left, shifts right, gets a warm response from actual nazis, and decides they're the good guys. Just. Keeps. Happening.

rincewind.run•10 days ago

if you're going to find bluesky leftists deeply annoying and get in fights with them all the time, you can in fact do that without giving the twitter nazis an inch or admitting they have good ideas

just look at stancil

itsdoug.ca•10 days ago

We cannot “give it to Stancil”

It will only make him worse

smullins3000.bsky.social•10 days ago

lol no it won't. Stancil is already on max.

deeznotez.bsky.social•10 days ago

A lot of people construct their identity on hating/loving people, Trump's cult of personality is an example of this.

When objectively proving subjective constructs wrong it attacks not only the subject but their identity & causes cognitive dissonance.

The purity tests are gatekeeping objectivity.

artsulselva.bsky.social•10 days ago

Also if the majority of your Bluesky posts are like “listen up benighted Bluesky leftists, I’m here to share some smart person truths with you” you’re basically maximizing your blowback.

cuttingroomfloor.bsky.social•10 days ago

You're 100% correct but perhaps it's worth noting that Stancil seems to have a rare fetish for not giving an inch to anyone of any political stripes

striderhlc.bsky.social•10 days ago

That tweet about how people become Nazis because they’re annoyed by leftists are weak, because leftists are annoyed by leftists every day without becoming Nazis.

frozenbinary.bsky.social•10 days ago

I got called a nazi all the fucking time by smug Twitter leftists for the crime of... Lets see here... Agreeing with them but not for the same reason they think

Also for talking about my family's history with the Armenian genocide, because those morons thought I was PRO genocide

Still not a nazi

crm114enjoyer.bsky.social•10 days ago

Is Stancil a “centrist” by this definition? Actually curious what that entails

rincewind.run•10 days ago

nah, he's a liberal (there is actually a difference!)

just saying that he's been yelled at On Here way more than any of the actual centrists and he still isn't talking about how Actually The Race Science Guys Have A Point

crm114enjoyer.bsky.social•10 days ago

Thanks! I appreciate the response. I agree.

jlindy.bsky.social•10 days ago

You could also just... not be on the social media.

E.g. Ta-Nehisi Coates.

pjbrissy.bsky.social•10 days ago

Weird that people’s values and beliefs require constant validation and become outright hostile when challenged. It’s always important to self reflect on any unconscious bias or ignorance, but you should be comfortable standing up for the core tenants of your beliefs instead of being overly defensive

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