The jokes that are/were deployed aren’t even jokes. From purple on the far right saying the N word, to people saying “kill all men”, there’s no joke, no punchline. To disarm a reactionary who uses a “joke” like that, you can ask them what the point was. To disarm somebody who thinks they’re left of center, I’m not sure.
Yeah, it’s been a bit of a gut shot since using Lemmy. I haven’t messed with social media for a while, basically left reddit when it became an intolerable hotbed for reactionaries a few years back.
But at least the tactics they employed made sense for fascist. It was copesetic for the divisional environment where fascist thrive. I just don’t know what it brings to the table for leftist?
I just don’t know what the point of dissuading open communication about leftism is. That’s been half the battle for leftist throughout history, and now that there’s public discourse were shunning people for being liberal? Where do they think revolutionaries come from? Revolutionaries aren’t born, they’re forged from the liberals who realize they’ve been lied to.
Lemmy is actually a little better than I expected, people here are at least cringing at TokenBoomer for being rightfully cringe. Mastodon is much more progressive-liberal leaning.
The jokes that are/were deployed aren’t even jokes. From purple on the far right saying the N word, to people saying “kill all men”, there’s no joke, no punchline. To disarm a reactionary who uses a “joke” like that, you can ask them what the point was. To disarm somebody who thinks they’re left of center, I’m not sure.
Yeah, it’s been a bit of a gut shot since using Lemmy. I haven’t messed with social media for a while, basically left reddit when it became an intolerable hotbed for reactionaries a few years back.
But at least the tactics they employed made sense for fascist. It was copesetic for the divisional environment where fascist thrive. I just don’t know what it brings to the table for leftist?
I just don’t know what the point of dissuading open communication about leftism is. That’s been half the battle for leftist throughout history, and now that there’s public discourse were shunning people for being liberal? Where do they think revolutionaries come from? Revolutionaries aren’t born, they’re forged from the liberals who realize they’ve been lied to.
Lemmy is actually a little better than I expected, people here are at least cringing at TokenBoomer for being rightfully cringe. Mastodon is much more progressive-liberal leaning.
I’m cringe?