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yardwork

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18. Social media makes it to easy to shred people to bits.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:29 AM
Mar 2025

Forget "cancel culture" - as bad as that is - I've seen outright character assassination inside young peoples' peer groups. They gang up on one another on social media. They accuse one another of terrible things, destroying all their reputations.

The problem with the "me too" movement was that it didn't stop at a reasonable, reality-based place. It went where anyone who knows the minds and emotions of young people could have predicted it would go.

And in retaliation, those young men flocked to Andrew Tate and his rape fantasies. They lined up to vote for Trump so they could watch it all burn down.

Social media is bad for young people. Full stop. But instead of being protected, they are the biggest source of revenue for sociopaths like Mark Zuckerberg.

Where the hell is the Democratic Party in all this? Stuck in the 1970s kumbaya corner.

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My teenage daughter's friends are all lefty, unblock Mar 2025 #1
Do none of these young men have mothers? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2025 #2
Glass half full enid602 Mar 2025 #3
I think they are projecting. usonian Mar 2025 #4
Given that people tend to sort themselves by ideology in romantic relationships... pat_k Mar 2025 #6
This is interesting. H2O Man Mar 2025 #7
Having a brother still in the DC area, I follow some things there DFW Mar 2025 #14
Handsome as I was/am, all those A's weren't attractive, it seems. usonian Mar 2025 #8
There was a thread recently about Gamergate... Hugin Mar 2025 #9
Its the algorithms JCMach1 Mar 2025 #5
What would get through to them? A draft, then getting sent abroad to fight in a brutal neo-imperial war 0rganism Mar 2025 #10
There is an outright hostility toward males in our ideological warrens. Sympthsical Mar 2025 #11
I wish I could rec this a million times. Ace Rothstein Mar 2025 #13
Social media makes it to easy to shred people to bits. yardwork Mar 2025 #18
Men think women owe them something JI7 Mar 2025 #12
Yes, even when the opposite is true and easy to understand. MineralMan Mar 2025 #15
They can't be reached. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #16
Right, they want a world where women are dependent on men for their financial security JI7 Mar 2025 #17
Exactly. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #20
Selfishness and lack of empathy in society Comrade Citizen Mar 2025 #19
..re-instate the draft..and send them to.. thomski64 Mar 2025 #21
My daughter married a great guy exboyfil Mar 2025 #22
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