I think it’s telling that you’re getting down votes without response. Your question is simple: What do we have to gain by turning away potential allies other than massaging our egos?
What do, whoever is operating these toxic accounts, have to gain by turning away our potential allies?
To me, the people who are willing to alienate allies are in the same group as the ones pushing fear, uncertainty, doubt and division while encouraging violence.
I can’t know who they are or why they are saying what they are saying but the effect of their message creates a beneficial outcome for our opposition.
Pick a random one of these posters to engage in a conversation to change their mind and you will often find the same toxic behaviors, bad faith arguments, red herrings, strawman arguments. It’s like they’re all reading from the same encyclopedia of bad faith rhetoric.
I think it’s telling that you’re getting down votes without response. Your question is simple: What do we have to gain by turning away potential allies other than massaging our egos?
It’s a good question.
What do, whoever is operating these toxic accounts, have to gain by turning away our potential allies?
To me, the people who are willing to alienate allies are in the same group as the ones pushing fear, uncertainty, doubt and division while encouraging violence.
I can’t know who they are or why they are saying what they are saying but the effect of their message creates a beneficial outcome for our opposition.
Pick a random one of these posters to engage in a conversation to change their mind and you will often find the same toxic behaviors, bad faith arguments, red herrings, strawman arguments. It’s like they’re all reading from the same encyclopedia of bad faith rhetoric.