literally 95% of my interactions with other instances' liberals have been them saying something absurdly reactionary and not expecting to receive any pushback for having dogshit takes, and then going "Ohoho, the Hexbear tankie redfash have arrived to defend the CCP and Putler's regime! Why am I not surprised!" without offering even the slightest counterargument because they know they have none

we have cultivated a community of genuine good-faith discussion on Hexbear over the last three years and we aren't about to lose it