a lot of the #toxicIdealism you see on #mastodon in terms of "they're not perfect, so don't #vote" is the same as a russian #troll putting an american flag on their #twitter handle and goosing #kremlin narratives targeting #maga
fake #leftists on the #fediverse with lazy easy #left bonafides to do their #psyop
they do it, because it unfortunately works
toxic idealism is a real problem with #leftist rhetoric
they suppress the left vote and we get #trump
i don't really give a shit about these "they're not perfect" takes
you can find dirt on anyone
overall, #aoc and #bernieSanders are way better than any other credible challenge, and that's what matters
#toxicIdealism is a problem in this world
do not fall for it
and plenty of it is just a #socialMedia #psyop by #maga and #geopolitical #trollfarm to incapacitate your #vote
do not fall for it!
@inthehands @StillIRise1963 @tarheel
why i'm posting this now
#midterms2026 means enough #democrats to stonewall #trump
but as the time draws near you will hear the same old whiny lies:
"both sides the same"
"corruption is everything"
"nothing matters"
"waah waah"
some of it is real #toxicidealism
some of it is #geopolitical #trollfarm #psyop
advertising their fake #leftist bonafides, like an american flag profile on #twitter injecting a #maga #kremlin agenda
people fall for it
last year i had heated arguments with nonvoters
putting aside #geopolitical #trollfarm accounts working a #psyop, some of them were real (that's why they work this psyop: #toxicidealism is real)
the #democrats suck
but the choice matters
you *build* on it
you iterate
you don't expect perfect, then pout when you don't get it
#vote, motherfuckers
some #nonvoters are #rightWing turds too
we see the #toxicIdealism on the #left, the "it's not perfect so i won't #vote" because we're on #mastodon and in other social silos on the left, which amplifies our impression
still, it's a lot of people like that, enough to make a difference
which is why some of these toxic idealism voices we see are just #geopolitical #trollFarm #psyop, cosplaying their fake #leftWing bonafides and working hard to suppress the vote on the left
Whiny voices soon on #Mastodon:
"both sides the same"
"i oddly focus on only one issue where #Democrats aren't perfect"
"nothing matters, all is #corruption"
and other #toxicIdealism #psyop
these are not organic voices
they will trumpet their #leftism bonafides like Russian #trolls on Twitter with #MAGA flags but they are #agentProvocateur divide and conquer
don't get me wrong:
yes, the Democrats suck
but if you don't see the choice?
oof 
@benroyce @cherylgk @mloxton @chrispomeroyhale @the5thColumnist @KathyLK
Further to:
https://mastodon.social/@mmalc/113772917632059898
"She lost the most ground in deep-Blue urban areas, where the dangers of a second Trump administration seemed most remote.”
I suspect the “deep-Blue urban areas” are where there's a greater percentage of holier-than-thous who are precisely the sort of people who'd adopt #ToxicIdealism before sensible pragmatism.
@cherylgk @mloxton @chrispomeroyhale @the5thColumnist @KathyLK
#toxicidealism on the #left is as bad a phenomenon as #MAGA on the #right
and equally prone to #manipulation by #geopolitical #trollfarm
with MAGA the manipulation is to champion #bigotry and make the #bigot feel safe
with the left the #psyop game is to demand absolute #ideological #purity in high holy fire and brimstone fury, and use that emotional high to detach, alienate, not #vote
and lose
in reality
which is what matters
@the5thColumnist @mloxton @KathyLK
#trump wants #israel to "finish the problem" in #gaza while #biden started withholding arms at one point because of the #genocide
both the #democrats and #republicans suck
but one is better, and one is worse
if you hew to the standard of perfect and don't #vote or vote 3rd party, you help get us worse
i don't like that. but that is reality
you *never* get perfect as a choice
you must choose better, and *iterate*
#toxicidealism is self-destruction
the #right hacks many #psychological weaknesses
blame shifting is a big one
it's unfortunate many on the #left also fall for the trick
out of some misguided sense of anger on the ideologically impure, while the outright malicious are met with silence
the #political effect is obvious and real and strong, and they don't know or care
the left really needs to come to grips with the fact that constant #ideological purity inquisitions kills the left
@obscurestar @RonSupportsYou @me
i'm not trying to shame
i'm doing withering condemnation, zero appeals
in my view, if #harris and #biden did the impossible and changed #israel's policies and actions, the #toxicidealism gang would merely move the goalposts and invented some other reason not to #vote
their real concern is not #gaza
their real concern is making excuses to abrogate #socialresponsibility
they are useless entitled dead weight
they aren't even on the #left
they're cosplayers
"Some people, understandably, are extremely opposed to #genocide"
and yet they act in a way to give us #trump, who said "finish the problem" on #gaza and with a son-in-law who wants to build a hotel on dead #palestinians, he called gaza great real estate
people whose heart is in the right place, but they are such fucking morons their actions lead to that which they are opposed to
all heart. no brain
how do you ever work with such impotent fragile #toxicidealism dimwits?
@billyjoebowers @StillIRise1963
yeah. rather than contribute to the world, inevitably imperfectly, some would rather congratulate themselves on their (impotent, smug) perfection by criticizing anyone doing anything. #toxicidealism
don't get me wrong, there's plenty to criticize on any effort. but when it's someone's only "contribution," all they are doing is masturbating their ego at the expense of everyone else, and the world
yup, that's #toxicidealism:
heart without thought
principles without reason
those that mean the very best can sometimes do the worst damage
people acting on pigheaded certainty and disregarding education on how their actions, meant well, can in fact harm their own causes
they are also usually those most influenced by propaganda
@gwm @mastodonmigration @firebreathingduck @barney @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36
1. voting for #stein throws the election for #trump. you admit this. you say "not so dire." get your story straight
2. trump will build a gaudy hotel on dead #palestinians. #harris wants a ceasefire. neither is perfect. but one is *better*
3. so what you have is #toxicidealism: "i don't get perfect, so i will act to harm my own cause"
you are not pro-#genocide in thought
but you are pro-genocide in act
@MikeF @CptSuperlative @Huntn00
a lot of them on #socialmedia are #maga or #geopolitical #troll farms
working #psyop angles of #learnedhelplessness, #toxicidealism, mindless #cynicism, impotency driven by emotional overload, etc
to suppress the #vote
unfortunately there are marks out there for the con job
people have issues. we all do
and some can be worked over by anonymous manipulation to be rendered ineffective on the concerns they care about: better positioned as the enemy of perfect
then you have the #toxicidealism on the far left
the most privileged and entitled people in the world
their game is not progress, their game is talking up a storm to congratulate themselves on their smug superiority. but it's just ego masturbation. they wall themselves off in a hermetically sealed ivory tower, attacking any effort to progress as imperfect, as long as their inaction is excused. any action is dirty and flawed
of course it is
that's life
1. #vote #harris you get best possible option for #palestinians. ideal would be #usa ceases military cooperation with #israel but we're not dealing in ideal, we're dealing in real
2. vote #trump you want palestinians to die
3. don't vote/ vote 3rd party, you help trump win
those are your only choices
the last choice is either #maga/ #fsb trolls who know how to run a #psyop, or clueless ego masturbators who harm palestinians in their clueless #toxicidealism
