The actual research on "diversity of thought" makes it clear you have to shut up the toxic loudmouths and build up a safe environment for the marginalized to get people talking and ideas flowing, shockingly letting the loudmouths control the conversation is Not Good(TM)
As a Never Trump conservative. I think Blue Sky has possibilities. But there are too many Maoists, Stalinists, and Trotskyites, to make this a good choice for me.
Similarly, being anti-Nazi is neither as controversial nor difficult as some would have you believe and you don’t have to consider the feelings of Nazis.
A lot of the bigger accounts I followed there had such toxic answers that I was no longer able to bear to open the replies because I had it with all the hate.
Such a relief to be able to do that again.
The number of times those words, "elect democrats up and down the ballot" came out of my mouth when I was phone banking this year. Sigh. I'll get over it eventually.
I never participated in Twitter because the little glimpse I had was rampant shit posting and rage bait. This has been a very nice experience thus far or until the trolls realize they have been abandoned.
Wait til the MAGA goblins realize they have no-one left to troll on the other place and they'll start trying to migrate I expect.. Hopefully Bluesky has the good sense and the tools to keep things on an even keel over here.
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So happy to have found this place.
Refreshing 🇺🇸
Explains why revising history and destroying public education is so popular with The GOP/47
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories 🎵
Such a relief to be able to do that again.
I’d be grateful if you considered giving me a follow. Let’s build a pro-democracy community together.
A) post something offensive
B) find something offensive and be accordingly offended
C) Both a and b
It'll be interesting to see if Blue sky disproves this theory.
Yup Echo chamber