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submitted 10 months ago by GilgameshCatBeard@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I haven’t heard anything about them in quite a while. It’s like they were a hot-button topic of conversation, and then everyone just stopped talking about them. If they’re still around, what would be the reason they seemingly disappeared from the news?

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[-] shani66@ani.social 33 points 10 months ago

It'd be genuinely moving, if it was about anything else. The last hold outs of a wilder Internet? I'd cry. A bunch of dipshits clinging desperately to a storm of nonsense? Only tears that'd come from that is if i laughed too hard.

[-] HolyDuckTurtle@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

I can still feel it when I think the vast majority of these people are vulnerable individuals who have been led to be believe they're being victimized. Things like QAnon provide a the right-wing equivalent of a safe space and community for them.

It's got to be tough seeing it slowly tumble away.

[-] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The last hold outs of a wilder Internet?

In a way they are. They just also serve as a reminder of why not too many people want that wild internet anymore.

[-] GilgameshCatBeard@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Well said!

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