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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Lemminary@lemmy.world to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world

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I know, I get it. Echo chambers are bad m'kay?

But hear me out. Most of the interactions I had on there were essentially me fighting against the news for about 11 years. Most of the people I argued with were reactionary and repeated everything on TV. It was frustrating and it was awful.

I gained little insight into what was going on by interacting with them, and in retrospect, I could've been no better off here. And honestly, I feel less on edge about current affairs being around people who get it. I'm one degree removed from crazy.

I'm glad there are spaces on the web where I can get away from all of that nonsense. So, I guess, in a sense, thank you for being here.

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Raging against the ever right traveling Overton window felt like a fight I had no chance of ever winning

I can't afford a Sinclair Broadcast Group of my own to astroturf entire regions at a time 24/7

and I would need a LOT more than that to compete with the sheer scale of right wing operations