No need to swear at me dude, I made an observation which seems to be widely supported based on the upvotes vs downvotes.
In short, as I tend to spend way less time here as I’ve been soured by people too much. It is an echo chamber in politics, you can’t even question things people say, and I say that as a leftist, you have to be as far left as possible here or be downvoted or called names.
I’m a believer that we can’t change shit if we don’t engage with the other side. I’ve had countless discussions on here where people say the other side have had X years to see the truth and so they’re a lost cause. Well if you are not willing to engage the other side then it is indeed an echo chamber and a circle jerk.
I don’t want to sit on here and wank myself off over how moral and liberal I am, I want to impact real tangible change and you can’t do that if you can’t engage with people with different views.
It depends on what you mean by engage and with who. Most people can be talked to, but likely not on the internet. If I ever wanted to have a discussion with a Trumper that wasn’t immediately hostile, I’d want to be able to talk in person, ideally in neutral conditions. If I wanted to talk with a more conservative liberal, online discussions still might not have enough empathy to genuinely reach them.
Arguing with right wingers on Reddit, Twitter, or Bluesky is a fundamentally flawed approach that can do little to actually change minds. People are emotional beings who require emotional engagement to reach, and that is extremely difficult to do through social media. Ideally you’d try to communicate outside of your internet bubble by volunteering in your local community. You’ll meet plenty of people with more conservative views that way.
No need to swear at me dude, I made an observation which seems to be widely supported based on the upvotes vs downvotes.
In short, as I tend to spend way less time here as I’ve been soured by people too much. It is an echo chamber in politics, you can’t even question things people say, and I say that as a leftist, you have to be as far left as possible here or be downvoted or called names.
I’m a believer that we can’t change shit if we don’t engage with the other side. I’ve had countless discussions on here where people say the other side have had X years to see the truth and so they’re a lost cause. Well if you are not willing to engage the other side then it is indeed an echo chamber and a circle jerk.
I don’t want to sit on here and wank myself off over how moral and liberal I am, I want to impact real tangible change and you can’t do that if you can’t engage with people with different views.
It depends on what you mean by engage and with who. Most people can be talked to, but likely not on the internet. If I ever wanted to have a discussion with a Trumper that wasn’t immediately hostile, I’d want to be able to talk in person, ideally in neutral conditions. If I wanted to talk with a more conservative liberal, online discussions still might not have enough empathy to genuinely reach them.
Arguing with right wingers on Reddit, Twitter, or Bluesky is a fundamentally flawed approach that can do little to actually change minds. People are emotional beings who require emotional engagement to reach, and that is extremely difficult to do through social media. Ideally you’d try to communicate outside of your internet bubble by volunteering in your local community. You’ll meet plenty of people with more conservative views that way.