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Remember kids, never open up about your weird internet politics (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by doublepepperoni@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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I made the mistake of balking at some particularly unhinged Ukraine/Russia rhetoric offline yesterday and got called a vatnik, a tankie, a Russia lover and I was even suspected of being pro-Israel and apparently a nazbol Aimee Therese follower or something

I'm not even invested in this shit, I just find the insane saber-rattling and warmongering unsettling desolate

When someone tells you Putler's going to invade Estonia, Poland and Finland for Lebensraum next if he's not stopped in Ukraine, just nod your head solemnly

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[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Are you trying to convince people or show how correct you are? Because if you start with timber sycamore, people will just discredit you and stop listening but it you go from the more economic side up, people will understand you.

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No they won’t, documented specifics is how many people understand reality. It is indisputable

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There will just ignore it and write you off as crazy. People ignore specifics and anecdotes all the time.

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

99% of Americans are cranks. Crankery is generally a plus among most working class people in terms of fitting in. The "normal" CNN watching drone is a myth. Joe Rogan is more popular than The Daily. More people get their news from random parasocial YouTubers than establishment news sources.