Bard spotting on Bluesky 03 January 2025

Dr Henry ⛄️ (@henryhenryhenry.com):

extremism depends on holding two conflicting beliefs: your opponents are an existential, apocalyptic threat but also worthless subhumans

the synthesis of that tension is that in-group members are losers who should be prostrate to some leader

the neo-masculinity movement is an extremist movement

jamelle (@jamellebouie.net):

an entire cultural movement whose main message is that being a man means being a huge fricking loser

Lar Van Der Jagt (@supaspoida.bsky.social):

I like this definition because it implies western anti-communism is an extremist position.

Kevin Riggle (@kevinriggle.bsky.social):

I mean observed evidence suggests you are correct so

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Circa 2020 some of the people helping run /r/againsthatesubreddits were trying to find people who could … objectively as much as possible … study & critique hate phenomena in actual leftist, Communist subreddits. We couldn't get any, because those motivated to do so were all MAGA types

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

They weren't concerned about the treatment of Uighur in the present day, only about wielding Tiananmen Square as a cudgel and writing magic Winnie the Pooh seals in Mandarin to ward off the CCP