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  • rtstragedy [fae/faer, she/her]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    if i’m being completely honest i tell this to myself when i read something reactionary or hateful … it helps to believe that they’re a Koch bot or that they’re being paid by rich assholes. maybe that’s not something i should do?

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      People are quite capable of bigotry, hate, and ignorance.

      It arguably makes us more vulnerable to bad people if we assume bad people simply don’t exist.