When this chapter is in the history books, people will wonder, “why did so many stay & enable him? How could they not have seen they were giving that man a platform? All they had to do was literally nothing & yet they chose, time & again, to login & be part of the data that made him feel like he was winning, and enabled him to invite advertisers back into the platform? Why didn’t they take a stand that *actually* would have hurt his platform? What would have had to happen for it to be enough?”

I am so upset about this, how many people are trying to justify staying & enabling this hatred. I am so frustrated & disappointed in *so* many people I had previously thought were better than this. SO many people have let us down & are paving the road that Musk & friends are using to march us towards fascism. I’m sorry I’m ranting I’m just completely dumbfounded at how many people out there sound great arguing against hatred but the moment they have a chance to DO something they back down.

@godlessmom
Twister was toxic even before Elmo. He just made it more so.
Leaving Elmo's hate collective has given me a far more peaceful mind. Less teeth grinding hypertensive stress.
Granted there were some pleasant groups of folk, but we were always culling out right wing whackjobs and evilgelicals. It just got worse.
Mastodon is a real breath of fresh air- almost reminds me of the internet before such things as fakebook and birdchan existed.
For those who are still transitioning just stay away from the hellcite for a couple of weeks and your withdrawls will subside.

@Holz2735 @godlessmom I would not have believed how different I would feel after only a few weeks on here compared to birdshite...in fact I felt the difference within DAYS!

@Judeet88 @Holz2735 @godlessmom same. SO MUCH HAPPIER. There is comparison. Mastodon IS a really nice place

@Sadtomato The thing is, it's under MY control...and I like that, who wouldn't? Oh...maybe only those who like to be spoonfed what to believe, what to hate, what to buy?