There's never a reckoning of just how toxic, reactionary and downright conservative 'Left' discourse is often on Twitter - even pre-Musk. It's incredibly naive to believe that the algorithms on that site have not impacted people's politics and sense of...
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There's never a reckoning of just how toxic, reactionary and downright conservative 'Left' discourse is often on Twitter - even pre-Musk. It's incredibly naive to believe that the algorithms on that site have not impacted people's politics and sense of self-worth directly, and that this hasn't had an impact on 'irl' politics.
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Elia Ayoub (he/him)replied to Elia Ayoub (he/him) last edited by
It's been a decade since I start pointing out that the very vocal, online, anglophone 'Left' has a reactionary problem. Dictators from Assad to Putin are romanticized and even supported. Entire movements and revolutions are dismissed as some kind of CIA plot. The only people allowed to have any political agency are Westerners, and this includes non-Westeners who exclusively center the West in any analysis. There is nothing remotely revolutionary about this ideology.
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Elia Ayoub (he/him)replied to Elia Ayoub (he/him) last edited by
The only criteria in many circles is that you say something vaguely 'pro-Palestine', but God forbid this includes knowing anything about the Palestinian working class in Syria that was annihilated by Assad. God forbid you know that even before Israel unleashed hell on Gaza, Assad unleashed hell on Yarmouk.