Yesterday I was screamed at by 1000s of people for saying: ✅ We should talk to moderate Republicans more ✅ Trans women acting like sex criminals is bad ✅ The rapes of October 7th should be condemned. My mentions have been on fire for months now for lukewarm statements like these, and some people have said I should log off. But, I am crystal clear about what I'm saying and doing. I'm not angry, or upset, or acting emotionally. I am making a moral stand. I will always believe in the policies of the left. But there is a cancer in our movement we need to something about. It is insanity that any of this is controversial, let alone you get death threats and online abuse for saying so. I'm not scared of any of you. You have no power over me whatsoever.
@BriannaWu X is not real life. Its algorithm and monetization policy amplifies the craziest fringes.
@BriannaWu Sounds like a sane position. However there's very little sanity on the left. You got a small taste of it.
@BriannaWu Valid points. The vile acts of Hamas on Oct 7th should be condemned. Should the ethnic cleansing of Gaza/WestBank be condemned?
@BriannaWu There is a cancer on both ends of the spectrum as extremism seems to be rewarded and comity, consensus and compromise are degraded.
@BriannaWu Thank god you get to be a victim again John, I know it's been hard.
Social media tribalism has created a sense of enmeshment. That all beliefs of a group of people are uniformly tied together. So “talking to Republicans” is tied to “agreeing with everything every Republican has ever said.” People are either unwilling or, at this point even, unable to separate ideas they’ve enmeshed with whole “other tribe.”
@BriannaWu I’ll always believe in the politics of the left= I’m a devoted communist.
@BriannaWu I'll say it again because you have not been paying attention. x.com/realomarfreij/…
@BriannaWu I'll say it again because you have not been paying attention. x.com/realomarfreij/…