JR, 53 aren't so many: there are quite a few infiltrators on here, it appears, occasionally posting. We're the "enemy", so apparently they are monitoring. This is not surprising- it's pretty much expected. But recently it seems to have gone into a higher gear, (though Tritorch appears to be from the fringe of something else). And then there are sometimes people who see something that lines up with what they think, so hit "like" (heart?) without really reading the piece with a critical eye. Tritorch has a way with words, but seems short in the critical thinking department, too. Though whoever it is could well be fully aware of what they are doing and using distorted reasoning to manipulate people. So much of that going around that sometimes it almost sounds normal. Scary, that.
For my own part, I clicked 'like' at first without looking at the links, and immediately removed my 'like' once I opened the links briefly and saw what nonsense they contained. I imagine there are some others who left a 'like' but didn't retract it like I did in the mix.
JR, ignore the mongers. They are not worth wasting time on. They are fishing to divert us and every time we respond directly they succeed. Ignore them and they go away. Once in a while one is so blatant someone calls them out. And sometimes it turns out they are wrong. (A newbie called me a troll once in a nasty post when I returned after an absence of a few weeks. That didn't last long. She learned both the etiquette and the community. Now we are friends.)
Enjoy the HCR community for what it is: voices of people who are seeking to understand what is going on and how they can best respond. We don't always agree, but by and large we get along, and, more importantly, we listen to each other and sort out the places where we have different approaches. In the process, we learn from one another, and I suspect, teach those invisible readers who come by (journalists, legislators or their staff, historians, and just other people like us who are trying to learn and are not so inclined to post here as others).
Like others, I take a break from time to time, but I always come back because, dang, I just plain like the people here. And today already I learned a whole new way of thinking about something that I want to explore more. That's the point. Not to win an argument or posture, but to learn and grow.
It blows my mind that 53 people here could "Like" this stuff. Apparently the liberal version of Qanon has arisen.
JR, 53 aren't so many: there are quite a few infiltrators on here, it appears, occasionally posting. We're the "enemy", so apparently they are monitoring. This is not surprising- it's pretty much expected. But recently it seems to have gone into a higher gear, (though Tritorch appears to be from the fringe of something else). And then there are sometimes people who see something that lines up with what they think, so hit "like" (heart?) without really reading the piece with a critical eye. Tritorch has a way with words, but seems short in the critical thinking department, too. Though whoever it is could well be fully aware of what they are doing and using distorted reasoning to manipulate people. So much of that going around that sometimes it almost sounds normal. Scary, that.
For my own part, I clicked 'like' at first without looking at the links, and immediately removed my 'like' once I opened the links briefly and saw what nonsense they contained. I imagine there are some others who left a 'like' but didn't retract it like I did in the mix.
If I didn't value the HCR community so highly, I would just ignore the conspiracy mongers.
JR, ignore the mongers. They are not worth wasting time on. They are fishing to divert us and every time we respond directly they succeed. Ignore them and they go away. Once in a while one is so blatant someone calls them out. And sometimes it turns out they are wrong. (A newbie called me a troll once in a nasty post when I returned after an absence of a few weeks. That didn't last long. She learned both the etiquette and the community. Now we are friends.)
Enjoy the HCR community for what it is: voices of people who are seeking to understand what is going on and how they can best respond. We don't always agree, but by and large we get along, and, more importantly, we listen to each other and sort out the places where we have different approaches. In the process, we learn from one another, and I suspect, teach those invisible readers who come by (journalists, legislators or their staff, historians, and just other people like us who are trying to learn and are not so inclined to post here as others).
Like others, I take a break from time to time, but I always come back because, dang, I just plain like the people here. And today already I learned a whole new way of thinking about something that I want to explore more. That's the point. Not to win an argument or posture, but to learn and grow.
All you have to do is read a tiny bit to realize what you're dealing with. Holy Moly.
I don't think I have seen any "stuff" like this from my friends in these comments after HCR posts!