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Need to vent, I am fucking sick of Westerners and I think it is changing me for the worse (hexbear.net)
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I've hated libs for a long time but the response to Israel cranking the genocide of Palestinians up to 11 the past two years has only made it worse. I am well and truly sick of these fence sitting pieces of shit being unable to educate themselves beyond what they see on Wikipedia or TikTok and being too selfish to sacrifice even the smallest amount of comfort just because "wahh boycotting is too hard."

It is slowly turning me into a bitter person and I have become convinced that the average Westerner is a lazy piece of shit who ultimately cares more about being inconvenienced than the actual lives of other people. I would like to be proven wrong, but I have to interact with people exactly like this on a daily basis.

I honestly think I should just log off of everything that isn't Hexbear from now on. I'm sick of constantly repeating myself to every liberal I encounter and it's making me more and more irritable. It is my birthday tomorrow so maybe I should take that as a hint to make a change in my life now that I'm older.

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[–] gayspacemarxist@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago

The best thing I did in the last year was joining an org and specifically looking for friends that spend their time in radical spaces. I felt a lot of bitterness too before, but spending my time studying with comrades and trying to do the work has done a lot to reshape my perspective. I'm not any less passionate about freeing Palestine, but I'm not drowning in despair and kicking the pricks in frustration anymore which helps a lot. I still get frustrated when I have to talk to liberals, but I'm trying to learn to get better at raising consciousness in a way that doesn't sap my energy and motivation.

Being isolated among liberals sucks. I hope you find some community to help you out.