I love the vibes on here, but my biggest concern is that in our attempt to create a safer place we remove the friction and debate that once made Twitter great. Need to find a happy medium because there's some tough, yet respectful, conversations that need to happen on the left to fix things.
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So, we keep living and finding joy.
This was a point they were absolutely not understanding.
and enable the death of Democracy it will be checkmate for the USA - then all we have left is to rebuild - WTF?? I'm too old for this shit!!
My newer outlook on social media is that the “resistance/blue wave” obviously didn’t work. We’re up against evil, billionaire Russian assets.
I’m OK keeping this a platform of sanity and peace.
Nothing is preventing any of us from having serious small sidebars.
Baby steps.
(Dunno how heavily I'd want to argue this point, though!)
"The Left" is not a monolith, it's an incredibly broad spectrum of beliefs and priorities. But at least most of the people on our side seem to live in a fact-based reality.
We need to do much better at getting our message out, but do you know what we call all the "good Germans" who went along with Hitler's agenda because they liked his economic message?
Nazis.
Typically, you may get 4 or 5 interactions that fit that description, then the shitbirds, bots, and edgelords show up over there.
I can do without the hate and name-calling
everybody on this earth has something they can teach you
The maga folks should remember that just because we choose every option we can before violence, does not mean we're soft or weak or flimsy.
- There’s lots of common ground to connect with MAGA folk—fear or govt overreach. We need to build connections in ways they understand.
- Thinking the courtroom hero alone can protect your liberties is naive.
Tho I understand some don't have the stomach for that anymore; which is okay, because grief hits us all differently.
But me, I'm going to be a bridge. I'm going to keep reaching out. Tho it's hard af and exhausting.
I’ve been here a few months and I can share that the muscle memory of “not interested in this ad” clicks and leaving threads because the swarms of MAGAts and bots was overwhelming took a couple of weeks to reprogram.
I think new Twexiteers are in that phase right now.
Def don’t replicate x.
We have one year to fix things to get ready for 2026. We should be working on the 2028 plan immediately.
You’re encountering them here?
Follow or go to @numb.comfortab.ly page.
Block lists are great.
I haven’t encountered one maga and I’ve been here 3 months.
Can even filter by keywords.
As much as I think x shows violent and hateful videos, ai porn and gambling shit, I’m worried there’ll be no challenge to either side if we go into our various echo chambers.
Which is understandable
But also I think we need Understanding
We can have a spirited debate
And be civil with each other
And treat each other with respect and decency
Duke's Mayonnaise is the best ever. Miracle Whip sucks!
And there you go.