For me it’s been like a splash of cold water to the face, remembering just how fucked up reddit-logo tier liberal takes were, are, and will likely continue to be.

I’m sure there’s downsides to complacency, but it was nice having some ground assumptions when going into a thread, like “society can and should be improved somewhat” or “the ruling class acts in its own immediate self interests and any other claims regarding their motivations are propagandized lies” or “climate change is real, it’s bad, and it’s getting worse,” or more trivial stuff like “Tesla cars aren’t good.”

I’m sure potential comrades are out there and while it really is necessary to reach out to more people at some point (offline too, orgs especially, but while we’re here, you know?), it’s been sobering to realize just how far rightward mainstream “progressive” liberal thought really is on average. yea

  • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Hooking up w Lemmygrad feels like peanut butter and jelly

    The rest of it I can take or leave, like yeah it’s funny watching libs get dunked on for their brain dead takes but I also feel a piece of my brain die when I am forced to read one