I’m so glad to see other’s possess this opinion. The mental gymnastics they do to try to justify their insane positions and rhetoric dumbfounds me. Made the mistake of making my first account on that instance and was getting downvoted left and right for pushing back on Pro-“USSR” (they don’t even bother calling it Russia) and Pro-“DPRK” or “Korean” (because they act like North Korea is not a separate state run by dictator at the suffering of their people) content.
I thought I was taking crazy pills until another kind user said I’m not crazy, just in the wrong instance lol. Life-saver.
Just as with a computer, you need to setup a “firewall” for your brain lol.
I once read about some crazy conspiracy theory (or maybe it was some youtube video, dont remember) about how they said they have secret info about “the elites” were about to drop a nuke/emp on NYC as a sort of weapons test, I was like idk 15 years old maybe, I almost believed it for a second, but then nothing happened when the time came, of course. Crazy doomsday predictors be everywhere, I quickily learned that the internet is not a trustworthy place, can’t be believing everything.
Trust your own internal logics in your brain first, then the list goes like:
What you directly witness
First-Hand eyewitness testimony by someone you’ve known IRL
Second-hand story told by someone you’ve known IRL
Random Strangers
Acredited Mainstream Sources (including FM, TV, Newspaper, etc…) Official Reports
The general internet
(adjust according to how much you trust each specific source, don’t trust assholes/dictators, for example)
Fully agree, especially with your list. Tragically that frequently leads to nuanced opinions, and those can cause social friction since it appears strict conformity to one of two “sides” is required to participate in (at least online) society.
Oh yea, I keep getting downvoted for my pro-gun views, because they just assume I’m some right-winger. Like no lol, I just distrust cops and want the people to form well-regulated militias to keep the peace.
I’m a sane leftist (idek how to label myself anymore in light of current politics and global divides), so also pro-2A.
It feels like there’s a billion false flag attacks within left-leaning online spaces that have completely fractured it. I get that that’s not new, but it feels like we are accelerating in a very negative way lol. I personally think that the abuse of the doctrine of intersectionality and use of identity politics by my peers have destroyed any hope for a strong progressive front.
It’s more of a conspiracy community, like flat Earth. They’re fans of right-leaning policies depending on if their favourite nations are the ones doing them. The communist stuff is just for decoration.
Also I would say .ml is extreme left, in several ways.
They went so much to the left they came through the other side. I mean they adore China and Russia.
.ml almost Magellaned the political spectrum.
This also seems accurate
I wouldn’t say they are extreme left. They are just extremely disturbed.
I’m so glad to see other’s possess this opinion. The mental gymnastics they do to try to justify their insane positions and rhetoric dumbfounds me. Made the mistake of making my first account on that instance and was getting downvoted left and right for pushing back on Pro-“USSR” (they don’t even bother calling it Russia) and Pro-“DPRK” or “Korean” (because they act like North Korea is not a separate state run by dictator at the suffering of their people) content.
I thought I was taking crazy pills until another kind user said I’m not crazy, just in the wrong instance lol. Life-saver.
Just as with a computer, you need to setup a “firewall” for your brain lol.
I once read about some crazy conspiracy theory (or maybe it was some youtube video, dont remember) about how they said they have secret info about “the elites” were about to drop a nuke/emp on NYC as a sort of weapons test, I was like idk 15 years old maybe, I almost believed it for a second, but then nothing happened when the time came, of course. Crazy doomsday predictors be everywhere, I quickily learned that the internet is not a trustworthy place, can’t be believing everything.
Trust your own internal logics in your brain first, then the list goes like:
(adjust according to how much you trust each specific source, don’t trust assholes/dictators, for example)
Fully agree, especially with your list. Tragically that frequently leads to nuanced opinions, and those can cause social friction since it appears strict conformity to one of two “sides” is required to participate in (at least online) society.
Oh yea, I keep getting downvoted for my pro-gun views, because they just assume I’m some right-winger. Like no lol, I just distrust cops and want the people to form well-regulated militias to keep the peace.
I’m a sane leftist (idek how to label myself anymore in light of current politics and global divides), so also pro-2A.
It feels like there’s a billion false flag attacks within left-leaning online spaces that have completely fractured it. I get that that’s not new, but it feels like we are accelerating in a very negative way lol. I personally think that the abuse of the doctrine of intersectionality and use of identity politics by my peers have destroyed any hope for a strong progressive front.
It’s more of a conspiracy community, like flat Earth. They’re fans of right-leaning policies depending on if their favourite nations are the ones doing them. The communist stuff is just for decoration.
It’s the biggest. You’ll get some of that, but not the norm
Removed by mod
Maybe 5% as much