New account but I've been using burner accounts and lurking since the sub got banned. I've been seeing all the standard liberal brainworms again for the first time since 
and everytime it's an account from another federation. I was tepidly against federation at first but this has been entertaining, like the old days of 
people who wandered into the sub.
I gotta imagine this will only last another week before everyone defederates us, but let's enjoy it for now.
Love the gigantic PPB.
Just wanted to remark that a lot of us have learned our lesson about trying to put real effort into political discourse with Internet randos. doesn't matter if you put hours into tracking down all your sources and trying to make your arguments absolutely airtight, if the person on the other end just calls you a CCP shill, or an ignorant idealistic Westerner who didn't have to experience "real Communism," or a bot, etc. It just isn't worth the time to try to have an academic debate if the other person is obtuse, ideologically committed,
a teenagerbasically a child, or posting from Langley (lol). Edit: unless you really can spare the time, obviouslyAlso, I think hexbears do a decent job of providing sources on average, you can't force someone to read/listen to them and engage with them in good faith, though. You know that thing about horses.
Well, happy poops to you too!
Edit: that was unfair to teenagers
Also, there have to be reasonable limits on bullying, but it does work.
Learned that quickly on lemmy.world
Made a long argument, typed it all out, provided multiple sources, and I just got called a troll and then the mod removed my comment
The irony though is my sources were all western sources too. I guess they just don't like real independent journalism
Freeze peach at work in the marketplace of ideas!!
Turns out the invisible hand of that particular marketlplace really loves car bombs