Mallspice
You sound pampered and pompous to me.
Respectfully, I don’t think you get it and I wasn’t very descriptive. I never tried arguing with the tankies because I saw how far gone they are. I tried to make everyone else realize how crazy they are and everyone but the libs underestimated them. And I mean libs, not democrats, not even the gays (except the trans). Kamala never really got it either otherwise she wouldn’t have appealed to the rich and usurped the party nomination.
I don’t want to give away where I live but yes, there are trains which are much nicer than busses and even pleasant in their own right at times. That said last few few times I’ve taken it, it’s clear it’s not as well maintained as it should be, the time has been off, and it’s not nearly as clean as it could be either.
You’re right, because I live in a city with one of the better systems, and I still would take a car over using it given the option.
What pisses me off is how I was called alarmist and an idiot for warning people about exactly what’s happening now. At this point I consider what’s happening to be karma and my countrymen to be swine who have trampled over the pearls I have given them.
That’s a positive perspective.
I’ve seen a lot of that in leftists spaces lately, way more cautious of it now.
Engagement may not be great but it wins. Imo fediverse needs engagement to live long term but maybe doesn’t need toxicity for it, but addiction is inherently a little toxic.
Yes we should be thoughtful, not everyone is unfortunately.
How fucking dare you seek genuine humanity online. lol
I think letting people say anything (with obvious bannable exceptions like abuse, threats of violence, death, rape, and cp) helps, that fact checking or being wrong should not be bannable, and that people should be given more ways to conflict with each other but in a way that spurns creative debate not pure hostility but that pure hostility has real value to show people whether or not they should change and shouldn’t be shut down outright. Like commenting ‘fuck you’ should be allowed anywhere but not ‘fuck you go kys’ because it’s destructive not constructive; like if people with unpopular opinions weren’t allowed to silence dissent, they’d actually change their opinions and do better.
I disagree that kindness should be pursued foremost. Knowledge and truth should be pursued and kindness shouldn’t be allowed in charge because when it is you get shit like language policing which is insanely toxic and stupefying.
You want kindness? Go somewhere designed to be wholesome but please, for the love of honesty and free speech, don’t enforce that crap site wide.
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