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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social

I suspect there is a certain subset of people who don't want to know, and that specific barrier is near impossible to breach.

sep 1, 2025, 2:09 am • 22 3

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Mad Crayon @mtnsnark.bsky.social

In part, I think this happened due to being conditioned for rage-bait. Most people now wait for a soc. media post raging at something, and our brains are so ready to jump to conclusions that it feeds on itself everywhere all at once. It’s hard to get factual info through that.

sep 1, 2025, 2:17 am • 12 5 • view
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social

Yeah. And how "anger" is seen as "something" whereas explanation or calm action is seen as "not doing anything"

sep 1, 2025, 2:26 am • 21 6 • view
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Mad Crayon @mtnsnark.bsky.social

Yep. Turns out that constant and repetitive triggering of the amygdala outside of a real threat causes people to only see extreme reactions as action. Outside of that is an unseen world of ordinary but internal anxiety that has people on edge for no reason except they stare at fear 8-16 hrs/day.

sep 1, 2025, 4:47 am • 4 1 • view
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finny @finnyfinny.bsky.social

specifically, they don't want *other people* to know, so they drown out any actual dem messaging with "lol dems aren't doing anything"

sep 1, 2025, 6:21 am • 2 1 • view
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Fehnnis @fehnnis.bsky.social

They're called political hobbyists and they don't actually care about making the world a better place.

sep 1, 2025, 2:24 am • 1 0 • view