maintaining and harboring a solid leftist space is extremely difficult, and im not even talking about the fed shit that can pop up too. it's just kinda a sad reality of how fractured the actual left is, especially if the space is just a catch-all big tent with no real underlining reason for coming together. Does not help that moderating internet stuff attracts some of the worst types of people either, it's really difficult to make it work without previous experience or a solid set a principles the space maintains. And even then, sometimes rules are okay to be bent if it's for a good reason but even that can tick people off.

i think a big problem though is so many people take themselves too serious and have hard time letting go of extremely petty grievances that aren't actually a problem. i see it happen all the time, like a very mild ribbing in good fun can turn into a goddamn scene real fast if someone takes something the wrong way. And the thing is a lot of people are fighting really hard for Good Things and are constantly in battle with reactionary forces that letting your guard down for fun can be tough if you're not actively trying to chill. So while i don't always agree with petty squabbles i definitely see how it went down.