but honestly, it's not a safe space, i've seen anti-trump people be really homophobic, sexist, racist...
sometimes it's hard to see that big of a difference between trump supporters and the people who really aggressively hate on trump supporters.
thanks for your comment, and yeah, more or less! it didn't happen immediately, and i was never extreme far right, but it was definitely a big change.
i'm guessing you don't really know much about anarchism, outside of movies and such - it's actually a very coherent, orderly and sensible approach to the world. honestly, by comparison, all other ideologies are delusional, anarchism is the only approach which makes sense.
i'd recommend looking into it a bit more, if you're interested.
you can get a raspberry pi and install something called pihole on it, it's a DNS server with ad-blocking. basically, it converts a domain name like example.com into an IP address, but rather than just faithfully supply DNS, it also effectively blocks some adverts by acting like the domain names don't exist for servers that run ads
once it's set up it'll just work, and it should protect everyone on your network/wifi from some ads
thanks for your comment, i completely understand your perspective, but, you know, they say exactly the same kinda stuff about the people that they hate. it makes me uncomfortable seeing MAGA reflected in their enemies
something something gaze into the abyss something
i totally get that! we can't all be perfect all the time, and i totally get that for some people they've just been hurt too much to ever have a shred of kindness or sympathy towards the people who are at least partially responsible for that pain
i just wish that people could be a bit less hateful, at least. reading the comments in this thread is honestly quite scary. i don't like seeing just... pure hate, from people i would like to be allies with. it reminds me of the hate right-wingers have tbh
hell yeah, great message, thanks for writing it up!
you should copy and paste it somewhere else so more people see it
it's not, at all. if it was comparing graphics between two periods why are all three of the bottom screenshots fortnite? why not compare red dead redemption 2, the last of us, and mario kart wii, or something?
or why not show world of warcraft for the top 3?
clearly it's implying that zoomers only play fortnite or that games haven't improved in 10 years, and that's all a bunch of bullshit. baldur's gate 3 was the first game ever to win all of the major awards.
don't get me wrong - fuck that guy, he had a choice, and he chose the more harmful option.
but i mean, let's be real, the guy got scammed/tricked by republicans into voting against his own interests, and now has to deal with that realization, plus the stress of losing his job, plus also now he has to listen to people saying "i told you so!"
there are two paths from there - admitting he was wrong, and doubling down. it's hard to admit when you're wrong, but it's much easier when people are understanding and compassionate, and much much harder when people are making fun of your misfortune and having a "told ya so" victory lap
it's really tempting to give in to the urge to clown on these people for bringing this shit on themselves, but these are the moments where a bit of compassion can change the world.
by all means, though, if it's not for you, that's totally understandable, i just hope you can kinda see where i'm coming from, even if you don't agree
thank you! i try my best, but i don't always succeed!
i totally get what you mean, and of course i would never ever push anyone into it. i just read some kinda dark comments in this thread and i wished that people would be a little more compassionate
i know they don't deserve it, really - and i totally get how you can think of it as "aiding the enemy" or something.
but i genuinely believe that we can reduce harm just by being a bit more compassionate, a bit more patient, and a bit less aggressive
fascists believe that the world is polarized into "us" and "them", and they believe that "them" would stop at nothing to destroy them.
just a simple act of compassion can show them that there are choices beyond destruction
i totally get that, i really do. and if you don't think it's right for you, i fully respect that choice, and besides, some of us still need to be the "stick" so that the "carrot" gets put into perspective!
thanks for your reply! <3
dehumanizing people is the first step on the road to genocide.
if you could click your fingers and everyone who voted Trump died, regardless of how they now feel about it, would you do it?