Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[Rhinox]

He knew what he was doing. That was a ban speedrun.

yeah that's what it seemed like to me. Like he was actively pushing to get banned so he could go squawk on Truth or wherever and talk about "duh liberal bias".

 

[wonko the sane?]

It's literally always performative with those fascists. They need constant validation, and constant distractions.

 

[Ungnome]

I don't really see it working this time. Twitter is slowly dying and Truth Social is the very definition of an echo chamber. On top of that, no one really likes Vance, not even MAGA diehards.

 

[Rhinox]

And I love that he's being positioned as the next 'heir apparent' after Trump. Let's see how this works out for the couch fucker.

 

[wonko the sane?]

The only thing that will change is his title... on paper. Trump is not currently in charge, and vance will not be in charge. He'll be a complete and utter figurehead that the LITERAL entire population of the planet would happily take a hammer to.

Edit: jive... only vaguely related... I wish I had kept my gargoyles comics...

 

[G.B.Blackrock]

I've noticed an uptick in complaining about BlueSky's supposed hyper-liberalism in recent weeks. It's not even just a conservative complaint. There are signs of moderates (or, at least, somewhat less liberal folks) complaining about liberals essentially eating their own and complaining when someone isn't going far enough....

Sounds a lot like some folks here, actually.

 

[Pocket]

me, after watching that unfold on Tumblr and then Twitter: yep, right on schedule

 

[Pale Rider]

Who could have expected that gatekeeping discourse, silencing nuance and punishing good-faith disagreement would backfire?

 

[Corvus]

As a Bluesky user, I agree that the platform is too much of an echo-chamber, and definitely needs some good-faith disagreement. And you can only get that when you are tolerant of honest, well intentioned debate, and can refrain from kneejerk account bans.

 

[G.B.Blackrock]

As a Bluesky user, I agree that the platform is too much of an echo-chamber, and definitely needs some good-faith disagreement. And you can only get that when you are tolerant of honest, well intentioned debate, and can refrain from kneejerk account bans.

FWIW, I found Threads (Meta's would-be Twitter-substitute) to be far worse, and far more quickly. I stopped using it because within only a week or two, my feed was flooded with left-wing political commentary. While Bluesky (in my experience, of course) definitely leans leftward, I find discussion is MUCH more varied, and I can read and talk about stuff that has little to do with politics.

 

[Dekafox]

*vibes in a furry Mastodon fediverse instance*

 

[wonko the sane?]

I'm pretty sure I know most of those words, but in a line like they are... I don't know what you just said.