@sirpushalot @pbump i agree with your post, but not the way toxicity is presented as a sideline. eg 'Bad, thing, bad, thing, and toxicity'. toxicity is the point. put that first, then the individual examples. if toxicity is the point of the entire organization, then we have a pattern that fits the facts. simple. i have always wondered how, in studying history, authoritarians get and hold power. the last 10 years have clarified things greatly. :) hate, fear and outrage have to become normalized, then authoritarians can do what they want. fighting back rests on putting the one simple cause first, then reinforcing that message. call out hate and fear whenever and wherever it arises. reinforce justice and be critical of those institutions and leaders who are not living up to the established, proven and expected standards. ultimately the silence of ordinary good people is collusion. our kind nature is used against us as we try to understand 'why'. just call out hate and fear and let the why be someone else's problem. our empathy and need to understand is weaponized. we cannot truly understand the actions of the antisocial, unless we too are antisocial. good ordinary people will not act without feeling a sense of certainty. be certain, toxicity alone is a good reason to fight back. i am personally completely uninterested in why someone or something is toxic, only that it exists and i respond accordingly. #authoritarianism #fight #justice #toxicity #normalization #foxnews #fairandbalanced