it's the witch-hunt feeling of that meme being broadcast across all of lemmy to a receptive audience we cannot talk to.
This I feel is why many of us jumped on the original meme in the first place.
We are so close to being vulnerable to a new wave of McCarthyism and not just the "tankies". It is already starting with people getting fired or prosecuted for supporting Palestine.
This shit is fucking dangerous and the people engaging in it don't understand the stakes.
our only defense is not getting divided, which is why this stuff scares me, seeing how easy it is.
I'm optimistic though, I think the red scare stuff is harder in real life, when people are in a real situation with other real people instead of alone at a screen.
This I feel is why many of us jumped on the original meme in the first place.
We are so close to being vulnerable to a new wave of McCarthyism and not just the "tankies". It is already starting with people getting fired or prosecuted for supporting Palestine.
This shit is fucking dangerous and the people engaging in it don't understand the stakes.
our only defense is not getting divided, which is why this stuff scares me, seeing how easy it is.
I'm optimistic though, I think the red scare stuff is harder in real life, when people are in a real situation with other real people instead of alone at a screen.
Oh yeah this is mostly terminally online bullshit (for now) but it's still dangerous.
Or they do