Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CStamp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CStamp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://starlite.rodeo/@RobotDiver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RobotDiver</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@RegGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RegGuy</span></a></span> </p><p>a lot of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxicIdealism</span></a> you see on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> in terms of "they're not perfect, so don't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a>" is the same as a russian <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/troll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>troll</span></a> putting an american flag on their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> handle and goosing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kremlin</span></a> narratives targeting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a></p><p>fake <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftists</span></a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> with lazy easy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> bonafides to do their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psyop</span></a></p><p>they do it, because it unfortunately works</p><p>toxic idealism is a real problem with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> rhetoric</p><p>they suppress the left vote and we get <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>