That doesn't automatically or magically fix things. I have distant relatives in rural areas, and without doxxing myself too much, one has been a lifelong misogynist with a far too large gun collection, doesn't even have a smartphone let alone a computer, and may very well have already been involved in a few hate crimes in his local area.
:logout: is a cute meme but it isn't an instant fix for some people.
online is not necessary to make one a reactionary, though i do feel like the flavor of "incels" is definitely an online phenonemon. and though there are certainly more and less healthy online discourses, i think, if one is struggling, pulling the plug would be helpful, when it's in conjunction w/ doing things with people in real life, seeing a therapist, taking care of one's physical self, and so on.
In the case of that distant relative, I feel his isolation (much of it voluntary; he's one of those "jackbooted thugs from the UN on black helicopters" old fashioned chuds) is actually making his problems worse, though to be fair if he logged into something he'd almost instantly find Q!non cultists to add more :brainworms: to what he already believes.
That doesn't automatically or magically fix things. I have distant relatives in rural areas, and without doxxing myself too much, one has been a lifelong misogynist with a far too large gun collection, doesn't even have a smartphone let alone a computer, and may very well have already been involved in a few hate crimes in his local area.
:logout: is a cute meme but it isn't an instant fix for some people.
okay, i apprecate that experience.
online is not necessary to make one a reactionary, though i do feel like the flavor of "incels" is definitely an online phenonemon. and though there are certainly more and less healthy online discourses, i think, if one is struggling, pulling the plug would be helpful, when it's in conjunction w/ doing things with people in real life, seeing a therapist, taking care of one's physical self, and so on.
I actually agree with you there.
In the case of that distant relative, I feel his isolation (much of it voluntary; he's one of those "jackbooted thugs from the UN on black helicopters" old fashioned chuds) is actually making his problems worse, though to be fair if he logged into something he'd almost instantly find Q!non cultists to add more :brainworms: to what he already believes.