Context: I am used to the right wing propaganda/ misinformation that is on Twitter.
What is surprising to me is the amount of Mastodon left wing influencers who mislead or say very illogical stuff that please their followers.
I had even seen people with high degrees who engage in this misinformation or encourage it, I replied to some of them to tell them the fallacies in their posts and to their credit some of them issued a clarification or deleted their posts, but most of them don’t even reply or address the issues in their posts.
All of that lead me to the following probable conclusions:
- They are just saying what will get them more followers/ publicity.
- They are undetected targeted bots.
- They truly believe in what they are saying and don’t want to discuss it, which is weird considering the context.
Does anyone have any insight into this?
Same coat, different color.
It’s the exact same mental illness that makes people espouse far right views. It is, currently, still more common on the right.
It’s a way to get attention. It’s a way to feel empowered. Arguing with them is feeding their coping mechanism. Either don’t engage or state your position in a positive way that doesn’t attack theirs.