The anti-Biden threads on Reddit are hilarious !!

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13. The important message of your post is to FIGHT BACK!

I have always considered myself a nice person. We Democrats and progressives need to make sure that folks know that decency is NOT a weakness.

I can't count the number of times in the past that I've heard stupid and disgusting rightwing Nazi bullshit, and made the choice to just let it go, ignore it, or think "those people are beyond hope, why waste my time".

I think that decision to "let it go" enabled those ignorant dipshits to create and enjoy some kind of crazy, hatefilled feedback loop.

If no one points out that you're a fucking idiot...if all you hear is validation of your ignorance and hate...if all you get is a "harrumph" on the bullshit you spew, it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. If no one tells you you're a dipshit... you never know that you are a dipshit.

See Hate Radio and Donnie Shit for Brains for a couple of disastrous examples.

If just one person had stood firmly as Donnie Dipshit threw the kitchen sink at them in a Court, the corrupt fuckstick would be in jail...NOT the White House.

I know it's not in most liberals and progressives DNA. We tend to be reasonable, rational and nice. And, it is true that you attract more flies with honey than with vinegar, and that it's important to "go high".

Here's the thing. You can be respectful and still push back.

We need to interrupt their feedback loop.

Thank you!

I urge everyone to pushback on wingnut authoritarian conservative bullshit everywhere you see it.

Facebook
YouTube
Twitter
Internet Sites
Hell, even NextDoor and Pinterest

Please indulge me in an anecdotal story.

I was in the Navy for 28.5 years. The military is always depicted as "conservative or Retrumplican", but we truly are a microcosm of a diverse America. It's just that the right in the military are much more vocal. They rely on the bullhorn to be intimidating, and for years, folks like me didn't waste our time pushing back... and then one day I did... very forcefully. Shortly after that, a young Sailor approached me and said; "thanks for saying that Chief, I didn't realize there were folks here that thought like me".

I never went back to being silent again!