Yes. It didn’t help that we spent 50 years saying not to discuss politics or religion.

But the current situation was largely a coordinated propaganda effort, likely combined with blackmail on politicians. Possibly caused by the hacked emails. Both the DNC and RNC were hacked. Only the DNC side was released.

Yes, typically. I don’t know if that trumps “the bank has to give you your money when you ask for your money.”

While I understand that, I’m in America. My first priority has to be getting people off of Twitter.

Would I prefer open source, non-profit software? 100%. It’s the smarter and better choice for so many reasons.

But if Bluesky is going to gain critical mass, I’m not going to fight it. I’m having a hard enough time getting people off Twitter. I’ve written the media address of environments I’m familiar with asking them to organize a move, and I mentioned both Bluesky and Mastodon.

You have nothing to hide. Just sign away all your rights.

Also, bullshit. You think climate change doesn’t affect us? The damage to NATO? Threatening Greenland?

I get your point that a lot of hate is directed at immigrants and minority groups, but you don’t need to be dismissive to such a large group of people, many of which are on your side.

Don’t try to make extra enemies. No war but class war.