Is this trying to say that introverts are stupid? Cuz anyone that tries to do a 4 man job with one person is stupid.

Sorry, no.

Our enemies have been consolidating power and influence for over 40 years. We do not have the time to nicely convince everyone that ‘our side has cookies’

It is either get with it or get the fuck out of the way. Anyone with a brain recognizes that fact.

“don’t forget to like and subscribe”

That seems more like the result of bad parenting.

I think a lot of young people see content creation as the only way they can make the money they want/need. I think many of them idolize streamers/content creators, and so they emulate them however they can. Part of that is dreaming to eventually have a ‘chat’ to say ‘chat’ to.

Makes me pretty sad, tbh.

Yes, have you not being paying attention? Fake news isn’t for intelligent people, it’s to convince idiots to believe lies. You saying this is like saying the sky is blue, obviously you should not get your information from memes. Anyone with half of a brain understands this.

Do you think the alcohol ridden, worm bitten brains of the average conservative has enough brain to recognize that? Do you think that your average idiot on the left has enough brain to recognize that this is a lie? Because there are people in these comments deliberating over whether or not we should even care that there are .gov addresses on the list, which btw there are none and yes, you should if it were the truth.

Reading through other comments, looks like someone went through the list. There isn’t a .gov address on it. Looks like this is literally fake news.

I can certainly say how I treated you was wrong, there’s no escaping that truth.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the three hardest words for people to say are “I was wrong.” Not that you were, this is a subjective issue, but the idea of uttering those words aloud is so scary to so many people for some reason that I honestly believe it to be a… or the problem the world is suffering from:

They can be for anyone, ultimately - negated or amplified by whether or not the people around them allow them dignity in failure. I think many people are taught to be ashamed of failure - which I think is wrong. Not shaming in and of itself, but moreso in the overly-liberal application of it. No one should be afraid to make a mistake unless someone’s life is on the line, in fact we should make mistakes so we can learn from them before things are high stakes. Especially when it comes to learning how to fail.

That’s getting off topic, though. I don’t know what the right path forward is, but it does start with people - one way or another. If you think you can spur people to action, I won’t get in your way. I might even help you, at least here.

I’m sorry that I’ve reacted emotionally to you, several times now. I’m angry, but the anger I’ve built up was born a long time before I ever knew Trump existed.

I’ve dealt with depression from a young age because I could see the writing on the wall for the people around me. No amount of personal wisdom, intellect, strength, character; could ever overcome their emotional attachment to their own ignorance. I’ve told anyone who would listen that things are going to get worse - this has typically been met with indifference and ostracization (I’ve always lived in the Central Valley of CA - lots of red voters here).

I don’t think you’re a ‘bad person’ and I’m sorry for the way that I’ve treated you.

No you have nothing to prove, only that you’re smug and you feel self righteous about it.

You can fuck off, I sincerely doubt you’ve ever convinced anyone of anything they didn’t already believe.

No, I’m pointing out that being an asshole about it after the fact does nothing but suggest you have no idea how this happened.

You understand that, even if you were able prove these handful of people exist and were convinced by you - that there were entire teams dedicated to spreading propaganda online? Thank you for having said something before shit it the fan, it was the right thing to do - are you aware of just how silent your words were compared to the bad actors?

What you’re doing is getting mad at someone for not being able to hear your speaking voice over a jet engine. Please point to what good that does, I’m all eyes.

So, let me get this straight, you think that you’re entitled to being a smug prick because of what? Because you’ve said something to someone? Who? How much do you want to bet that it was someone who already agreed with you?

Beyond which, I’ve gotten into a discussion with you before - what makes you think you’re particularly gifted in convincing… anyone? Of anything? How many people, we’re talking hard MAGA conservatives (you know, the people who need to be unbrainwashed) have you convinced?

Please, tell me what you’ve done Lord Dasus - give me your receipts. Show me what you’ve done. Prove it.

By pointing out American hypocrisy through a reductionist view of gun politics in the U.S.?

If you can’t figure out by now that the majority of blue voters are not the ones who were arming themselves… or that they were the ones voting for gun control… what are you trying to say, again?

He also got disappeared, never to be seen or heard from again. Not exactly the example I’d use.