You see, I think this sentiment to not associate with right wing trolls and extremists or in some cases, get off their platform would be most useful when you are the majority voice, because in that case, you’d have the power in number to ostracize them and put them in the corner so to speak. But when we are not the majority and we choose to pull ourselves from the conversation, isn’t that giving the other side a free pass to shape the public perception while we recede into our own echo chamber? I’m not saying that the right doesn’t have their own echo chambers, but I guess the right are willing to be trolls in left wing spaces more than left wingers are willing to do so in right wing spaces. I’ve also think that liberals tend to value their sanity or if I were to be less charitable, moral purity by disassociating more than the right, but what have we got. Reddit loves BlueSky and thats a peak isolationist example. Again, I understand that from a practical stand point, its no fun to associate with bigots and trolls, but from a political standpoint, are we kidding ourselves by thinking that doing these things when we are not in the majority will increase our market share in the online world?
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You see, I think this sentiment to not associate with right wing trolls and extremists or in some cases, get off their platform would be most useful when you are the majority voice, because in that case, you’d have the power in number to ostracize them and put them in the corner so to speak. But when we are not the majority and we choose to pull ourselves from the conversation, isn’t that giving the other side a free pass to shape the public perception while we recede into our own echo chamber? I’m not saying that the right doesn’t have their own echo chambers, but I guess the right are willing to be trolls in left wing spaces more than left wingers are willing to do so in right wing spaces. I’ve also think that liberals tend to value their sanity or if I were to be less charitable, moral purity by disassociating more than the right, but what have we got. Reddit loves BlueSky and thats a peak isolationist example. Again, I understand that from a practical stand point, its no fun to associate with bigots and trolls, but from a political standpoint, are we kidding ourselves by thinking that doing these things when we are not in the majority will increase our market share in the online world?
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Recent? It goes back to the Stamp Act, at a minimum.
Not on social media,
But Starbucks has been posting loss after loss for a while now. Stock is down 36%.
The boycott initiated by Palestinian activists must been at least somewhat effective at financially hurting Starbucks.
Tesla is also feeling the heat. Sales globally especially in Europe are in free fall rn. Especially since Musk did the Nazi salute.