FOSS is the worst of all communities, seriously
@karolherbst Imagine being worse than gamers
@alatiera people in the MAGA/Linux crowd being super supportive towards each other and make coordinated "actions" against the ones they think are "bad", because they can put differences aside vs whatever this is *waves violently* and then people wonder why MAGA/Linux gains traction.

@karolherbst conservative movements will always appear more accepting because they are built on cognitive dissonance, misinformation, and are fundamentally reactionary and exist to prevent things from getting done. They have no need to build consensus because they’re not trying to achieve anything. We’re fighting with the unfortunate constraints of having to be logically consistent, have principles, and actually have goals and do things that take effort and require team work

@alatiera

@danirabbit I question that it's actually what matters tho. Those often feel like artificial constraints we put upon ourselves. Like not disagreeing that fundamentally we should be able to prove why it's the better direction, but good arguments won't let you win a debate if the other side has a good story to tell.

@alatiera

@karolherbst that’s why you never debate Nazis. You can’t win a game of chess against a pigeon. They’re not playing a winnable game, they’re just in it for chaos and destruction

@alatiera

@danirabbit @karolherbst @alatiera this a 1000 times. The only correct answer when the MAGA/Linux crowd shows up: lock -> report -> block -> delete