Jason LefkowitzThe main reason I am on the fediverse is because if JD Vance ever turned up here, he would instantly be eaten by angry furries
Nothing could get me off a social network faster than JD Vance turning up to call it "the place to go for common sense political discussion"
You have to understand how sheltered from reality people who operate at that level are. They are EXTREMELY SHELTERED
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There are people in Vance's replies telling him he needs to leave Bluesky because it's a place for civil discussion, which is a fundamental misunderstanding. He is there BECAUSE it is civil. Monsters like him can only operate in spaces where civility is more important than truth
Woozle Hypertwin@jalefkowit ...or where "civility" means it's ok to advocate atrocities as long as you do it politely. "Speaking as an entirely reasonable person, it seems clear to me that the most urgent problem facing civilization is how best to eliminate Jews / Muslims / gays / transsexuals / ... and it is morally incumbent upon every good citizen to participate in immediate reduction of their populations for the good of all humanity."
L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ@woozle @jalefkowit "That's horrible! We must compromise and meet halfway!"
Huntn00@jalefkowit He may not nuke Iran (fingers crossed) but he’d more likely drag us in to the type of war that he has railed against most of his political life. Any surprises there?… Barf.
Gabriel Pettier@jalefkowit oh, that was 10 years ago, yeah that was a bit more… niche back then.
MrCopilot@jalefkowit "Whatever seems normal" floats above his visage.
@mrcopilot "How do you do, fellow kids"
kwayk42@jalefkowit IS HIS OPSEC CLEAN THOUGH?
@kwayk42 Dude mixed up Bluesky with Signal
Steven Rosenberg
Dave Alvarado@jalefkowit nothing says “this is a legit account of a public figure” like a number after the name. 🤣
@dave I guess "FatVeep69" was already taken
@jalefkowit I’m so glad I wasn’t drinking something when I read this or I’d have a big mess to clean up. 🤣
Gray Rockin' #NoKings Evelyn@dave Now I want to know how many other JD Vances there are on Bluesky
Nora Reed@jalefkowit i understand not wanting to go to bluesky but this was not a sincere statement. this was him doing a habbo hotel raid on the website trans people hang out on
@jalefkowit also you cut off the transphobia he posted as a screenshot on that post just fyi
Jon HenshawWhat's great about the fediverse is that someone like that can have a presence here, but not on my server, and I can mute or block them or the server they're on if I want to. It would be beneficial for the government to have a Mastodon instance, regardless of how much we may disagree with their policies. Isn't that what we want? Isn't that what we're striving for? To get everyone off tech-bro centralized platforms designed for division, addiction, and profit.
Low Ad Lib@jalefkowit
Use any social media you like. The rule has always been "Don't feed the troll", who happens to be the vice president and not some edgelord teenager.
Use any social media you like. The rule has always been "Don't feed the troll", who happens to be the vice president and not some edgelord teenager.
Stephen Dioxide 
@LA9306 @jalefkowit In fairness, it can be hard to tell the difference sometimes.
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Sam Clemente@jalefkowit it’s not even the place for common sense discussion for the other party
It’s the place for yelling at people and pretending that’s activism
@countablenewt I suspect that is part of the attraction for ol' JD. He wants to rile up the libs by barging into their space
WesDym@jalefkowit I used to think he was just an asshole, but I've started to suspect he's actually not very self-aware. He doesn't seem to know HOW to act around people who aren't very rich and powerful.
Big George@jalefkowit was truthsocial too busy for him ?
them#tic@jalefkowit Is that similar to politics informed by science? 😭
🌲🧿 "Max"t💽d🏵️n 🔎🍄@jalefkowit This just confirms the feelings that I already had about bluesky & similar platforms.
If it's built for cops, politicians and fucks like this it's not for me.
Richard Bairwell@jalefkowit Does this mean that Twitter/X is too right-wing and deranged for Vance?
Tim W RESISTS@rbairwell @jalefkowit or not enough...
@rbairwell He's trying to seem normal and approachable, even though he's neither. (Watch his very weird visit to a donut shop to see what I mean.) It's why he's got a beard. The whole 'hillbilly' thing is a ruse. He has hillbilly kin, but he's not one of them, and they can't stand him.
CynBlogger™️Dissents@jalefkowit
When does an elected or appointed Republican EVER “discuss?”
When does an elected or appointed Republican EVER “discuss?”
mav 
@jalefkowit
He's now the most blocked account on the network
He's now the most blocked account on the network
BJ Nicholls@jalefkowit Blocked ol' JD. Easy peasy.
stony kark@jalefkowit “how do you do fellow analyzers have you considered the good that Hitler did tho because…”
unicorndeburghWithin 24 hours, JD Vance was the #1 most blocked account on Bluesky.
One of the nice features in Bluesky is that you can subscribe to a "Moderation List" and choose to either Block or Mute the accounts on it.
I searched for his account out of morbid curiosity, but I couldn't even see it because it was already blocked by the MAGA list that I subscribe to.
You can scroll down through a Moderation List to see who they have on the list. You do need to consider how reliable you think the creator is, but that strikes me as more transparent than trusting how the various Mastodon server admins are doing their blocking.
I also subscribe to a Labeler. Any post that I see by someone that follows JD Vance or about 5 other particularly heinous accounts has a little "<account name> follower" label on it, which is convenient. (I understand that they may just be following in order to monitor.)
Another Labeler puts the names of the top contributors to politicians on their accounts.
Harry Scriven@jalefkowit My temptation would be to flood him with inconsequential questions. Actually, JD, can you settle a couple of arguments for me? Was it Marie Antoinette or Marie Therese who more likely said, 'let them eat cake'? And did the Home Alone movies feature a young Jigsaw?
Hayley Question-Mark@jalefkowit Dude got blocked by over 100k people already.
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈@jalefkowit he is the touch of death to everything he touches...
Kat@Lazarou @jalefkowit In that case, if he could start touching Peter Thiel, that'd be lovely.
@KatS @jalefkowit an unpleasant image but necessary in these times, lol
PetterOfCats@jalefkowit people who bat around the phrase “common sense” are neither common nor sensible.