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[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They get away with this shit because a lot of us don't actually engage them back in places that matter. Sure we all talk here but it's not like we're very visible. Right now, and for the next year, this comment will be shared on all other social media with a gaggle of agreement. But we will forget this by tomorrow. So they can saw say whatever they want really

[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For some reason Millennials decided that engaging them back was bad because it legitimatized them or something.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Seriously, I'm glad I'm not the only one that sees this. As an old head, it's so different. Lefty's today seem very passive. They're twice as vocal but barely any effort. I think they love protesting so much because it lets them go hide in a crowd for a few hours. It's the 5k of civic participation. Maybe coming up in the early days of the internet we all actively engaged and created our own stuff. There weren't content creators we would sit and watch create stuff for us.