Exactly proved to my why I left twitter. So many deeply radicalised individuals it’s thoroughly depressing. Question is, in today’s society, is it possible to deradicalise this group?
Some of them step out into real life & take their nonsense with them. On Sat I encountered a man shouting about how Trump was bringing Christianity back to America & that he'd been sent by god! 🙄. I couldn't help but snap back that Trump was more likely sent by satan given his awful behaviour😂
No, I’m afraid not. They won’t acknowledge it until it affects them personally. I understand bird flu & mpox are rising so what’s that going to be like with no vaccines 🤷♀️
‘There is a misleading rumour doing the rounds that Parliamentary privilege has been suspended over Southport matters.
The sub judice rule (originated 1963, updated & equalised between both houses in 2001) prevents MPs or Lords from referring to an active court case.’
Tom Harwood.
It will continue without us, the constant Starmer bashing. People need to wake up & realise that we're better off without the Tories in charge, & many have moved over here to escape those who seem to want them back 🤷
Why keep an account there? The way to send Space Karen the message that you don't approve of what he's done to what was once a good platform is to deactivate your account so he can't pretend to be a success based on his number of subscribers.
"I welcome these stories and encourage them to go further. For example, you could suggest that I am Jack the ripper. That has a humorous historical element that I believe young people, in particular, will enjoy"
The various fake stories about Starmer over the last few months have been wild. I’ll be honest, he doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who is going to have a skeleton in his closet holding a smoking gun, he just seems awfully earnest.
But also Nigel farage has more information than the actual police force that investigated it. Farage couldn't wipe his arse without help yet he knows more than Merseyside police 😂😂
it's going to create more extremism because all they're being fed is angry stories and they're getting angrier
Say that case fell apart because of something on twitter they go oh its a government conspiracy there would be no self reflection as they're all right and they know 'the truth'
The element of not liking being told what to do, oppositionism, sticking it to a group they detest also plays a part in forming more extreme views. I’m not sure that just an absence achieves it.
I think it's the musk model, there's more clicks and money in hate. A mate missed twitter and created a new account likes and was just fed anger and rage and every one worse than the last we need an election, Stockport will bring down the government and he followed none of those accents just f1
I went on my better half's account to check some pokemon thing and she's a scientist so her twitter is all science and some adhd for one of our kids and that feels like bluesky but had to be curated to fend off all the nutters
Same process here - which makes me wonder how many users have they actually lost - the ones who just delete it from their phone still have an account in reality
I am no great fan of Starmer myself and would go as far as saying I disagree with nearly everything he represents. Nonetheless, I will disagree politically and not go down RW rabbit holes!
does anyone else find themselves wandering back?
I am fighting the urge to visit the old place and I dont think I have left anyone behind that I really needed to keep up with.
No, I decided to delete my account so there is no going back. Get out of the routine of opening Twitter and you're 90% of the way there. Good to get your head out of the phone anyway. Much more productive. Enjoy!
I am not sure if it is like quitting smoking, just get through another day etc, or similar to when I retired and didn't answer my phone when they phoned me to ask something.
Having an opinion and shoving it at people in the rude obnoxious way most of the right do over there, is not free speech. Free speech means also respecting the right of others to have a different opinion to you, and for them to be able to voice it reasonably and respectfully in return.
So... Are you broken? Let your voice be heard? Did you add some community notes? Do you hate everybody so much you aren't willing to sow some truth? If it starts happening here are you going to sit back and find another place to move on to or help?
Had a rather prolonged posting spree against a Danish person that had posted a fake story and parroted a lie in his comment about the homicide of George Floyd.
Echoing the right wing taking point that he died to drugs.
Shocking Danes fall for that crap.
Yup.
I did that too.
Farridge did an interview about it.
This is (probably) rhetorical (autistic=can't tell) but
Why is he allowed to get away with this? It fuelled riots; isn't that enough rope?
Stochastic Terrorism is what it is. No matter the actual reality he will always claim some dark fantasy tale that idiots will buy into and be radicalised by. He's a fuckin criminal
I left the week Musk bought Twitter. The way he treated valuable employees who helped to build and establish the platform was enough for me - and it seems a sign of things to come. Please see brown nosing to Donald, blatant mysogny, bribing, bullying, racism, destruction of hope and positivity.
I think we all need to step back and be nice. He's our elected duly prime minister and only doing his best and he used to be a top lawyer and got knighted. What have them lot ever done. Well, nothing if you ask me
I’m hoping that because they’re all vying for paid engagement with this dirge that they’ll get increasingly desperate as engagement levels fall. Then they’ll become so outlandish that even the brownshirts will twig
I deactivated my account there yesterday. I feel like one of those dogs that scratches its feet on the ground after doing a toilet: great to have done the dump!
Sad state of affairs, "just opinions" but they don't admit the amount of lies those opinions are based on. No information. No facts. No truths. No stats. Just opinions based on lies and more lies and more lies. All because it works.
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Parliamentary privilege has not been suspended
There is so much misinformation being spread by people you'd think would know better.
Nigel Farage is an absolute disgrace.
I think that's the gist of it.
The sub judice rule (originated 1963, updated & equalised between both houses in 2001) prevents MPs or Lords from referring to an active court case.’
Tom Harwood.
I blocked it immediately.
Truly bonkers
I shall close my account on 20th Jan
What kind of world do these people want when THEIR actions and lies don't have consequences, but everyone elses do?
The decline of Twitter makes me very worried for the future.
Say that case fell apart because of something on twitter they go oh its a government conspiracy there would be no self reflection as they're all right and they know 'the truth'
It’s really dangerous but I can’t face arguing with people who just can’t rationalise anything.
I am fighting the urge to visit the old place and I dont think I have left anyone behind that I really needed to keep up with.
I looked this morning, saw ‘Oldham’ was the top trend 😝
Echoing the right wing taking point that he died to drugs.
Shocking Danes fall for that crap.
#6'Elon
it's life changing
I did that too.
Farridge did an interview about it.
This is (probably) rhetorical (autistic=can't tell) but
Why is he allowed to get away with this? It fuelled riots; isn't that enough rope?
Exactly this.
But it was getting dull.
Bizarre how humans normalise things.
Imagine if each time we visited a supermarket somebody would check the trolley and yell at us for everything they didn't agree with.
How many of us would punch them in the face?
Yet we normalised the same behaviour on Xitter.
The blue bird died years ago, but not enough people noticed. It was the canary in the coalmine.
It’s was the viable alternative that held me back - though I’ve held this account for a while and was just waiting for the point of no return.
Let the cesspit die
It'll give the nutters something to shout at, and stop them coming over here to start trouble.
Hitler did it.