@dame.is the extremely online variety, threatening to kill people who touch AI even once
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https://bsky.app/profile/tannre.dev Bluesky · Oct 8, 2026 · 2:02 PM
i choose to be optimistic about the left but oh my god in the past few years we have so much work to do to get people back in touch with reality; and it's not always their fault, it's so easy to fall into the trap of misinfo and doom when it's phrased leftistly
https://bsky.app/profile/jane.inurhead.lol Bluesky · Oct 8, 2026 · 2:11 PM
a lot of the problem is that when they have to choose between feeling right and winning, they choose to feel right.
https://bsky.app/profile/blackholefun.bsky.social Bluesky · Oct 8, 2026 · 2:42 PM
Care/regard for other humans is the big part for me. If one doesn't care about other people, and by this I mean everyone, and want to make their lives better in BOTH a universal but also immediate extent, I just don't have a lot of time for one's arguments and behavior.
https://bsky.app/profile/boobs.goodgirls.onl Bluesky · Oct 8, 2026 · 2:44 PM
I've noticed this too over the last decade.
online leftists will hedge over slight disagreements then start pulling out pitchforks
meanwhile irl leftists are filling potholes, and collaborating to interfere with bureaucracy and waste its time while keeping ppl fed and getting to safety as best can
https://bsky.app/profile/blackholefun.bsky.social Bluesky · Oct 8, 2026 · 2:48 PM
I genuinely believe it's just because you aren't encountering the non-online leftists doing it. People love to forget it, but 20ish years ago leftists were often the full on anti-vax crowd.
https://bsky.app/profile/girlpython.northsky.social Bluesky · Oct 8, 2026 · 3:41 PM
this is true factually but the number of and maybe even percentage of leftists acting in antisocial ways has largely declined from 2021 or even 2018 while the stereotypes and overcorrections have only spread further. I think this is more an issue of media distortion and agenda pushing atp
