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  • Doubledee [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Folks is our reputation improving? I’m seeing pretty even splits in terms of people defending our instance vs. scratched libs. Some even saying we changed their minds on things.

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      Crumbling material conditions and the Palestinian genocide.

      The US backing of Israel as well as the genocide getting more traction in the public mind has lifted the veil for a lot of “libs who only called themselves libs because they believed it was the left leaning side”.

      You can tell the US is SUPER pissed that the truth about Palestine got traction. (The whole reason they want to ban TikTok is because they believe that was the weak link in their control of the narrative)

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        Yeah I think global platforms showing the genocide have been a massive problem for libs. It’s hard to feel morally superior to someone while you’re defending the people mutilating children on a post showing the mutilated kids. It starts to puncture the illusion of being the reasonable good guy when you’re telling people to ignore the bodies.

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        You can tell the US is SUPER pissed that the truth about Palestine got traction.

        And their vassals too, like Germany is arresting Jews for antisemitism because they criticized Israel and France just did a public intimidation spectacle arrest of a nurse who was back from Gaza and telling people what really happens there.

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        2 months ago

        You can tell the US is SUPER pissed that the truth about Palestine got traction. (The whole reason they want to ban TikTok is because they believe that was the weak link in their control of the narrative)

        European libs with Telegram now too.

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      2 months ago

      I definitely saw a few who specifically said that if you engage in good faith that Hexbear isn’t bad.

    • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      its hard to make us into a north korea situation when people can just come and see, the more we live rent free in their heads, the more they talk about us, the more people get curious and come look and its like, just anticapitalist memes and people posting cat pics