@[email protected] that explains so much. Satan put the competence there to trick us
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this misogynist reaction to Harris doing well would be funny if it weren't so gross and predictable. -
this misogynist reaction to Harris doing well would be funny if it weren't so gross and predictable.this misogynist reaction to Harris doing well would be funny if it weren't so gross and predictable. "it was gadget earrings". no wait they told her the questions ahead of time. "she was being fed answers through the ether using witchcraft". yeah you got it man, nailed it. but wait I thought White Jesus preferred Trump, how could he allow such shenanigans
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I'm not gonna lie I'm kind of sad bluesky is taking off the way it is. I'll still be on there because I have a professional obligation (and also because I can't afford to put all my eggs in one basket again,) but when people say it's "just like old Twi...@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Totally fair, and yes I have participated in a few FEP discussions on those sites. I was let down that progress stalled but they were still good conversations. The zero funding you mention is the biggest issue of course, we can't hold open source volunteer projects to the same standards as VC-backed projects.
what seems to bring progress here more than anything is one fedi software project implementing something and then others copying it. that's how quote posts were created in Misskey and Pleroma, I believe emoji reacts went the same way. but the open question around moderation and safety has languished, even though every couple weeks we have more reminders why it is critical. that's good that a Moderation, Trust & Safety Task Force has been established, maybe some changes will come from that -
I'm not gonna lie I'm kind of sad bluesky is taking off the way it is. I'll still be on there because I have a professional obligation (and also because I can't afford to put all my eggs in one basket again,) but when people say it's "just like old Twi...@[email protected] @[email protected] To be too cheeky, people on fedi like to talk a big game about protocols but then the protocol never changes. never addresses major issues around safety and moderation. can't even clearly implement stuff like quote posts and emoji reactions. I don't say this to criticize you at all @[email protected], it just bothers me about this place as a whole. if the benefit of this place is a shared protocol shouldn't we be doing shared protocol design?
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this talking point about immigrants eating pets is decades old, it's been used against people forever and it's so gross that they bring this up again.meanwhile Trump and his failsons fly to other countries to hunt exotic animals and pose next to their ...this talking point about immigrants eating pets is decades old, it's been used against people forever and it's so gross that they bring this up again.
meanwhile Trump and his failsons fly to other countries to hunt exotic animals and pose next to their corpses. in some cases illegal poaching, or throwing enough money around in bribes that it ends up being legal on paper. repulsive white men thinking they have the right to kill any creature that walks this earth -
my web browser hot take -a link to a different origin should always open in a new tabmy web browser hot take -
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starting to think fedi is bad because people are bad. I have this same feeling in public toostarting to think fedi is bad because people are bad. I have this same feeling in public too
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it's so odd to me that JD Vance is making the argument that people who subscribe to strict patriarchal control are actually happier than the rest of us.it's so odd to me that JD Vance is making the argument that people who subscribe to strict patriarchal control are actually happier than the rest of us. How often do you meet an ex progressive versus how often you meet an ex-fundie? People leave that lifestyle in droves because it creates so much misery. I'm not surprised that the rich Dad who rules over it feels somewhat happy but he's definitely the exception. even a Dad who's not having so much stability with money will immediately feel like a failure and have no other support to fall back on. let alone the women and kids who are trapped in this nightmare
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I like this video from FunkyFrogBait.I like this video from FunkyFrogBait. The first 10-15 minutes covered the bulk of it, but they go into more depth and history in the second half. I thought it was a particularly good point they made that there don't tend to be many older trad wife influencers. Often because those women end up escaping their religious and patriarchal confinement, with stories to tell about regret, financial struggles, and resentment over the ways that their earlier 'decisions' had actually been forced on them.
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whenever I see media doing the 'your meds are actually the problem, you're fine' trope, I think "oh this must have been made by scientologists"whenever I see media doing the 'your meds are actually the problem, you're fine' trope, I think "oh this must have been made by scientologists"
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from tumblr, “How to Spot a Smear Campaign”https://www.tumblr.com/furiousgoldfish/662951769311248384/how-to-spot-a-smear-campaign-victimss-crimes- Victims’s “crimes” will be enlarged, and even if they’re small missteps, they will be treated as if only ...from tumblr, “How to Spot a Smear Campaign”
https://www.tumblr.com/furiousgoldfish/662951769311248384/how-to-spot-a-smear-campaign-victimss-crimes
- Victims’s “crimes” will be enlarged, and even if they’re small missteps, they will be treated as if only the worst person on the planet would do such a thing
- Accusations against the victim will always be a reach, aka, they did ‘this little thing’ but it actually means they’re a racist/murderer/genocide supporter/fascist/have blood on their hands, even when the person’s actions never conformed to those crimes
- All and any actions of the victims will be misenterpreted in the worst possible way, anything the person does will be taken as an offense and intentions will be read as hostile and manipulative, regardless of how clear they are
- All victim’s actions will be taken out of context; ie, victim said something cruel to someone, but they take out the context of the victim being abused, threatened, tortured, forced into defense mode and finally attacking out of desperation to defend themselves and get free
- The victim will commonly get provoked into giving a bad reaction, (anyone gets defensive if they’re accused of the crimes they never did, or simply triggering insults until they snap), and the reaction will become the new ‘proof’ that the victim is in fact, evil and guilty
- A lot of pressure will be put on you to react ‘correctly’ to the smear campaign; if you don’t accept to demonize this person at once, you’re getting scrutinized, shamed for your lack of morality, told that you support all these horrid things and that you are just as despicable
- You will notice a trend of people ganging together based on their demonization of the victim; they will set a standard where you’re accepted and welcome if only you also will demonize and hate this person, and if you don’t, you’re blocked, cast out, and accused of causing harm
- It will feel very easy to accept to demonize this person, and going against it will feel risky, like going against the grain, doubting the word of the many and risking being demonized yourself.
- The smear campaign continues all the way until the victim is chased out of the community and denied a voice, even if the victim commits no further crimes, awful things will be said about them, their past ‘misdeeds’ continually brought up, until the victim is commonly believed to be worthless, and becomes completely isolated, scared of society and alone
- There will be no limit to what is considered okay to do to the victim of a smear campaign; even if the victim is accused of minor bad behaviour, it will become okay to threaten, insult, shout slurs, trigger, provoke, humiliate, manipulate, and repeat any kind of abusive behaviour to the victim, all because ‘they’re bad so they deserve it’.
- People leading the smear campaign will switch between being ‘extremely grossed out and enraged’ to showing absolute joy and satisfaction when they find a new reason to demonize and smear the victim. People truly horrified of someone’s actions do not get a leap of joy when a new disaster happens, they’re not beside themselves to abuse the perpetrator all over again.
- It will never, ever be acceptable to show any mercy to the victim. Forgiveness is out of the question, trying to understand them is out of the question. Even reading or listening to what this person is saying will be banned and forbidden, unless it’s for humiliating purposes. They will be shown as absolutely irredeemable, and associating yourself with them as evil and unforgivable. You will be instructed to block or unfollow or report the person based on what you’re told, without any significant proof.
Do not fall for smear campaigns. If a large amount of people all agree that a person is the worst, but their story is exaggerated, out of context, sounds fictional, and doesn’t show any proof, and the people switch from being enraged to eager, doubt it. Participating in a smear campaign will help the abusers isolate and abuse someone, and you do not want to be a part of it. They will also smear anyone who stands up to their abuse, so you’re helping the abusers to create a place where pointing out abuse gets you cast out of the community.