In regards to the person who reported my elon musk UAW post
Ignoring fascists and other bad actors does not stop them from doing bad things and/or radicalizing others. This is a common complaint I see in online communities, and it's a flawed strategy that is a good way to lose ground to bad actors.
For the libs: I understand that hearing about current events involving bad actors that upset you may be annoying but please don't report them for that reason.
For the fascists: kill yourselves. You know what you're doing.
Nobody can tell what your motivation is online but the affect is still the same.
Here is a video essay that explains why ignoring fascists doesn't work. The entire alt-right playbook is worth a watch btw.
This is nothing to do with the post, but every time I see a user with an @midwest.social username with their state in the [ ] brackets I get a bit of momentary confusion. We put our pronoun tags in the same form and I’m always trying to figure out if Ohio is a new pronoun and how that works. I love it though, it gives me a chuckle every time
Knew a couple who would always introduce themselves with, "we're from Missouri". Suspected witness protection but never asked. Just added [illinois] because midwest is pretty big and seahorse was doing it.
STOP TALKING ABOUT (bad thing) ON THIS TINY FORUM OR IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY, WHICH IMPLIES THE TINY FORUM HAS THE SOLIPSISTIC POWER TO MAKE (bad thing) GO AWAY IF EVERYONE WAS AS APATHETIC AS MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
step out of their echo chambers and learn to think for themselves
Like you, surely. You are immune to any such illusions and are a special chosen one of epic destiny, unlike people that care too much about political issues.