Thanks for pointing this out. I usually read articles on mobile so I was able to find a feature I didn’t know about. For anyone else on android: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/view-articles-reader-view-firefox-android

My “deprogramming,” was more a series of small hints I was on the wrong path.

At first, people who tried arguing pushed me further toward the right. They came at me from inciting angles, making up facts to support their arguments. Yeah, the left bullshits too, and if you believe everything that supports your point of view without question - you’re not that different from the people you hate.

I remember someone asking me to a Fahrenheit 9/11 showing at university, called me a Bush supporter when I wouldn’t go. I wasn’t, I just didn’t like Michael Moore. Still don’t for the above reasons.

Looking back, I could have gracefully immersed myself in other viewpoints if it weren’t for the constant needling of wannabe academics and the automatic disdain they had for my views. I was attacked for even bringing up points because I was questioning myself. Honestly, I get why conservatives hate academia.

I will say some arguments stuck, though. Statements that sounded like complete nonsense in the moment make sense to me now, years later. It’s not wasted breath to share your views with someone, they’ll remember.

Regardless, I was still wrong and it wasn’t other people’s responsibility to educate me. I did that through meeting good, patient and understanding friends, actively trying to dismantle my biases, and through therapy. Oh, and some pretty intense acid trips. That shit will fast track you to a feeling of oneness with your community real quick.

Is this an angelfire website in the 90’s? Who the hell thought a background amalgamation of moving images was the best way to present printed media?

I just can’t with these websites anymore. I find it almost impossible to read when there’s a embedded video as it is.

Wants to break any agreements that impact the oil industry, complains about the forest fires.

I have a hard time reading about these people because I always have to wonder if they know what they’re doing and don’t care, or if they believe what they say.

Some people have seen Trump elevate his cronies in a way that looks like an easy ride to the top if you don’t have a conscience. It seems like she wants in on that circle.

There’s a interesting sci-fi book with a (vaguely) similar premise - House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds.

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Oh hey there, I don’t have skin in this part of the comments - just want to say I’m stealing “Is that what your bullies used to say.” Savage as hell.

I’d say it’s about that, because that is one of the things that group is about, the group this person wants to join.

I donno man, I’m no authority on morals but all things being equal I’d rather be around someone who doesn’t share their girlfriend’s sexts with their buddies.

Do you believe someone can’t be internally motivated to encourage and uplift their peers, or at the very least feel guilt when they laugh at someone’s expense?

Just wondering because I was like that: I told racist jokes, had plenty of similar friends, thought trans people were fooling themselves, and anyone who challenged me was pretending to be offended. I was obviously fine because I had good life.

Then I got older, met more people, learned more stories and when my old friends made fun of the new ones, I felt off about it. Decided I would rather hang out with the people who accepted everyone, made me feel good, and were still funny, just in a different way.

I still feel awful about the things I said and did and kinda wish I had noticed the signs sooner. While I was embraced by one group, I was being excluded from others and didn’t even know it.

I donno man, live your life the way you want.

Naw, I only just got my pals into Lemmy. Glad to know there are other havens out there, though.

Not so much a bad person as someone who vehemently opposes opportunities to be better.

I suddenly feel better about my group chats, it’s all gay memes, positivity and anti-capitalist revolution.

All the land’s been bought or poisoned.

They only dreaded the lions as nature intended. I would rather worry about lions than gestures wildly.

Nope. It’s because you’re trying pretty hard in this comment section.

Bring back project sundial.

Can I just say what a crazy fucking timeline we’re on? Like what the fuck. When I was a kid it was like, oh no bill clinton’s a pervy asshole but still somehow cool. Now we have nazis, social media is owned by billionaires who manipulate people with memes, the earth is boiling and I’m still getting fucking ads for hair removal.

I suggest we all go out for one day, with some snacks to share, and some guillotines, have a party, then agree we all go back to the woods to eat berries and be happy. I don’t even care about the god damn internet and good moisturizer. I would like to sit naked in a bog, eating leaves, and sleep in a tree dreaming of nothing at all.

I pretend not to see nor hear them until they speed off in a rage because I gotta be the change I want to see.

Vote, bring your friends to vote, post about voting and encourage everyone to fucking vote.