cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/65164

In a set of fascistic speeches on Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House power broker Stephen Miller, and other top Trump administration officials labelled the political left as a “terrorist” threat and vowed to use all of the tools at their disposal to systematically destroy left-wing groups. Representatives from 67 countries gathered in the U.S. on Thursday for a meeting…

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  • HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    It’s not a wildly inaccurate accusation that sometimes people who agree do a bit of circlejerking and I can see that angle of what I said if you want to be a bit nasty; I just figured you and anyone else reading the thread would be interested in the fact that what you said is a well-documented phenomenon with a name and Wikipedia page and everything.

    Between your first comment that I replied to and your expressed irritation with friendly banter that irritates me in turn, I’ll do us both a favor and go ahead and make it so we can never bother each other again.

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Lol okay then. I’m sure you already blocked me, but apologies if I misread your intent. Perhaps I’m too inclined to read hostility into messages on the internet.

      Cheers, mate.

      • HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        Honestly I forgot to block you and closed the tab because I was multi-tasking, but what gave you the impression I was being hostile???

        Not to say it’s impossible to read hostile intent in neutral text, because it’s super common, but… I just don’t see it.