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SlogginThroughIt

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20. Thankfully

Thu Jun 20, 2019, 02:53 PM

Jun 2019

Thankfully I spent the week in NYC and I have to say it really lifted my spirits. I know there are a lot of bad intentioned racist folks there too, but for the most part it just felt good to immerse myself in a sea of humanity and diversity and you could feel the shared nature that everyone is just getting through life together even if not always on equal planes.

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I never realized there were so many strange and threatening people in the US until I started reading [View all] RKP5637 Jun 2019 OP

I feel like hiding behind keyboards - cilla4progress Jun 2019 #1

This Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2019 #18

Yes. It's harder to actually talk to people face to face. trev Jun 2019 #32

I noticed that when my hometown paper put in a rule that you could not respond to redstatebluegirl Jun 2019 #38

People just open sockpuppet FB profiles. Jake Stern Jun 2019 #51

Even celebrity sites... It is depressing as hell. I will only read comments that are moderated.. hlthe2b Jun 2019 #2

The amount of evil has definitely been an eye opener. ooky Jun 2019 #3

They are everywhere SlogginThroughIt Jun 2019 #4

Yep, I've seen/felt that. It is stunning, and especially that hatred is an American value, at least RKP5637 Jun 2019 #7

Thankfully SlogginThroughIt Jun 2019 #20

Yep, I've always loved NYC! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2019 #28

I understand completely your feeling here. Corgigal Jun 2019 #31

Their president proselytizes hate like it's an American value. ooky Jun 2019 #10

People are bdamomma Jun 2019 #33

it is important to speak up Skittles Jun 2019 #42

I became "the bad guy" in my husband's family on Easter Sunday, 1998. Maru Kitteh Jun 2019 #44

Thank you for taking that stand. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2019 #50

those are the kind of people Joe Biden thinks we can "be civil" with. Amyishere Jun 2019 #52

Always have been. MicaelS Jun 2019 #5

Thanks! RKP5637 Jun 2019 #9

Going deeper into the political 'tracts', philosphical treatises, read by empedocles Jun 2019 #6

Probably the main difference today is it's so really apparent with the communications we have. RKP5637 Jun 2019 #8

I try to remember.. stillcool Jun 2019 #11

Yep, excellent point you make, as to how much might be manufactured/organized hatred ... basically RKP5637 Jun 2019 #12

Yep. I'm willing to bet that much of it comes from troll armies, GoCubsGo Jun 2019 #13

I worked in R&D decades ago, and there was a small bit of discussion if people should be RKP5637 Jun 2019 #14

That is a very dense question. A lot to chew on. Caliman73 Jun 2019 #15

It is, it's definitely a very dense question. It would definitely stifle free speech and that would RKP5637 Jun 2019 #19

definitely. Caliman73 Jun 2019 #21

anonymity saves lives stopdiggin Jun 2019 #39

... facial recognition IMO is a horrible misuse of technology!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2019 #41

I was one of the earlier anonymous people on the internet... hunter Jun 2019 #22

Exactly!!! "This kind of shit is nothing new, the internet simply exposed it." The assholes have RKP5637 Jun 2019 #25

Oh man read some of them on you-tube bluestarone Jun 2019 #16

The funny part is... Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 #23

Yep, that can be a real trip. Also Yahoo News. Sometimes they are just WTF ... no idea RKP5637 Jun 2019 #26

Most news sites have huge comment sections Codeine Jun 2019 #17

What wasteful little creepy lives they lead. Asswipes with their comments. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2019 #27

k & r LAS14 Jun 2019 #24

I never realized there were so many strange and threatening people in the US until I started reading HumblePi Jun 2019 #29

Exactly! Well said! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2019 #34

a lot of it is foreign interference AlexSFCA Jun 2019 #30

And tRump loves it all the way. ... as they force the election of the most unqualified person to be RKP5637 Jun 2019 #35

I wouldn't bdamomma Jun 2019 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #40

local radio stations and news outlets have crazy commenters. Grasswire2 Jun 2019 #37

I can't help, but fight back against these ppl everyday dustyscamp Jun 2019 #43

so much of the comments sections on articles, videos etc are full of right wing trash JI7 Jun 2019 #45

It's a free country, and anywhere between 5 and 20% have mental health issues. Concentration of thei lindysalsagal Jun 2019 #46

Yep, at the university years ago we were told studies indicated about 25% of the US population RKP5637 Jun 2019 #47

Decades of conservative propaganda Cosmocat Jun 2019 #48

Exactly!!! He leveraged what he saw available recognizing them as a usable force ... he just had to RKP5637 Jun 2019 #49