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  • LeninsRage [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I read about these bizarre petty vendettas people in these orgs have and I feel like a space alien. Like I'm something of an outlier in that it takes quite a lot for me to take anything personally or hold a grudge these days, but I'm still shocked how half of these people can even maintain functional interpersonal relationships, much less a functional organization.

    Theres a very real problem on the modern left with mental illness and being incapable of keeping a lid on such problems in any setting. I don't mean that to be prejudiced against the neurodivergent (I have my own problems), I'm just being blunt. Social media certainly makes these problems a million times worse. But people in their 20s apparently being completely incapable of having adult conversations with each other without plotting revenge the moment they're out of earshot, or organizing whisper campaigns and literal struggle sessions over someone who had a bad take, is a whole different level of bewildering to me.

    • ButtBidet [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Kinda different perspective, but I've always noticed that people (not necessarily the left) lack the emotional maturity to openly disagree, argue, and admit mistakes. Like I kinda wish people have themselves the space to argue one on one once in a while. I'm sure that social media doesn't help this.

      I had a lib vegan group die recently, and your small circle, Survivor analogy fits perfectly. I opened up one on one to another member who I didn't like the way they treated me, and the next week like half the group didn't talk to me. :shrug-outta-hecks:

      • StuporTrooper [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        lack the emotional maturity to openly disagree, argue, and admit mistakes.

        I don't want to be the "against cancel culture" guy, because rapists and sexpests deserve to be [REDACTED]. But the twitter brain has made people way to quick to cancel people for having a take they disagree with. I'm talking about the people who say "You're not a real leftist if..." then talk about some niche rant.

    • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      people in their 20s apparently being completely incapable of having adult conversations

      I wish this was limited to people in their 20s. If you want to see completely deranged X'ers and Boomers, incapable of normal human conversation, they're a dime a dozen at a typical municipal council meeting.

    • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      I’m still shocked how half of these people can even maintain functional interpersonal relationships, much less a functional organization.

      They can't, that's the problem.

      • Socialcreditscorr [they/them,she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Interesting comments on your article.

        cw:terf shit

        spoiler

        Excellent. At the risk of derailing this conversation but you can see this writ large in the reification and transformation of sex dysphoria not merely from a delusional state of mind that causes extreme suffering in some instances – to an outright celebration of its inversion of biological fact and normality. ‘Trans’ is now the most ‘special’ of ‘special’ states of existence on the planet. Stick that special label on yourself and you are excused and feted for limitless self indulgence and extreme selfishness towards others in equal measure.

        Last edited 11 days ago by Miriam Cotton 69 REPLY Ruth Conlock Ruth Conlock 9 days ago Reply to Miriam Cotton And are given a free pass to viciously abuse women who dare to state that sex matters. A men’s rights movement that the left have embraced as progressive. Also a movement causing untold, irreversible harm to vulnerable young people particularly those with autistic traits.

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