It just feels difficult to have meaningful conversations on here sometimes. Like yes I dislike America, but I don't need to act like nothing good has ever come out of it. Maybe China is better than America, but I don't want Xi nuking American cities. I don't think war is suddenly cool and good because Ukraine has some nazis in it. Not everyone I disagree with is some bumbling mass of idiocy, a lot of times we just differ on certain core values.

  • HodgePodge [love/loves]
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    3 years ago

    I think there’s a lot of stuff that you could say to people irl that would be pretty innocuous, but if you say it online, then the community’s “antibodies” will kick into action. Due to a higher degree of anonymity and the ease of coming-and-going compared to irl, those antibodies are debatably more necessary.

    Fuck this is such a good way to describe it. It’s not just more necessary its like the only way this site works and doesn’t turn into :reddit-logo: with stupidpol honkies.