Very true. Speaking plainly:
I know for a while many here have felt that they can't talk about serious world events without intimidation: too many sabre-rattling posts hinting at the idea that folks will be driven from the site for wrongspeak.
That's something muting and blocking alone can't fix, but it helps. I can't bring most of my friends over because they feel certain right-wing views have a monopoly here, & that some forms of malinformation can spread with impunity. 1/3
So, for my part, I'm going to be a more decisive muter and blocker, even though that makes me very unhappy as a democratic thinker, so I can post more comfortably in conversation with the people who are in a place to care more about constructive dialogue and less about sowing distrust if not outright animosity toward any data that reflects the greater complexity of our world.
And I know others here want the same.
So, we'll build that CoSo together.
Thanks for this, AC. ππ» 3/3
@AlphaCentauri
TBH, many of them think that my being here is a moral blind spot on my part. How can I be part of a community where so many folks spread malinformation, and where so few people feel safe to share the fullness of info needed to come to a more democratic understanding of key issues today?
But just because Overton has shifted, & plenty of Dems/Libs today hold more right-wing views, doesn't mean any of us are locked into them for life. We can be human together, & keep growing. 2/3