I love to come here, I love to be among other leftists, but holy shit y'all have to stop posting over the top terrifying titles all the time for your posts. I'm lucky enough that I'm relatively stable in my employment and I can float by on anti anxiety medication and shit.

But when you post things like THE LEFT IS FUCKED and WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE on here, you are not helping people. That kind of thing can really fuck up someone's day or night or week, and you can put someone who's already pretty anxious on edge even further. And given that we're all a bunch of left-wing overly smart overly anxious people anyway, I can guarantee that ruins someone's day. And not in a good way, it can send them in a spiral of depression or anxiety, or can make it worse. And DOES make it worse.

Maybe you sincerely feel this way. I get it. I want to be able to support you and I want you to still be able to be heard and speak up. I want you to still post. I want you to post threads. But please think about what your title is first? Think about how it will impact other people? It really can make a huge difference.

    • QuillQuote [they/them]
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      4 年前

      You can consider morale and hope while facing reality, in fact it makes it easier to do so than pessimism. Don't mistake hope and empathy for weakness, it is what gives us our strength, it's what binds us

    • gayhobbes [he/him]
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      4 年前

      You should look downthread to a similar transaction I had. You are reacting out of fear. You want to spread that fear. I’m telling you that’s ineffective. Fear is paralyzing.

      Also when you whine about hugboxes you parrot right wing talking points about compassion. I know you don’t intend that, so be vigilant. Purge your brain of that right wing, compassionless way of thinking. You can care about others. You should.

        • gayhobbes [he/him]
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          4 年前

          if i have to censor the truth and makr the movement weaker because of compassion, maybe compassion needs to die.

          Who said that you have to censor the truth? Please point out where I said that.