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Matt's avatar

The most charitable I can be towards the Jan 6 folks is to say they were misguided. And yes, I think each and every one of us, every day, should ask ourselves if we have been misguided or manipulated to arrive at where we are. Particularly if where we are is considering acts of violence.

But this is a conflict of information and ideas first. Most of the people in this country don't actually want what is happening right now. They picked a side in a game that was rigged to begin with. We don't need to fight these people. We need them to wake the fuck up.

MeidasTouch and the new Find Out podcast are doing amazing work to reach people and actively counter the far-rigjt radical pipeline. Bernie and AOC are raising class consciousness over culture wars. Jasmine Crockett is being Jasmine Crockett.

There's hope.

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Theodora Blanchfield's avatar

I recently read Black Pill by Elle Reeve, and I found it incredibly helpful re: #3 and #4, to at least understand a little more of how we got here/what drives that kind of person.

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