“it’s good to expose yourself to a firehose of things you find offensive” has become conventional wisdom for a lot of people and i think it’s done a lot of damage
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Mike Masnick
Thought I'd seen the dumbest, most ignorant take on Bluesky last year, but I was wrong. This person is living in a world that only exists in their own mind.
As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.
As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.
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All these Muskovites, neo-Hitlerjugend, and edgelards want is *their* comfort, so they rage against anything that impinges on it.
Freedom of expression (as if Elon allowed it) doesn't mean others have to listen--and do so respectfully.
Conservatives are radicalizing so they say the same thing. Nobody shifts to the left. Everyone uses 50% more slurs.
This is how we got Ground News
I expect to hear this brainrot earnestly regurgitated back to me by a concerned citizen in the near future.
These people fail to understand how surrounded by shit ideas we are and the thick skin we've developed.
It's all much smaller than it looks.
Anybody still using X needs their head examined.
It's just a desperate need to feel persecuted that has been cultivated among a certain demographic.
So much of it is just awful people being horrible to each other for some dangled reward.
How is that enjoyable to watch?