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• @guyjantic@infosec.exchange 2026-06-26 23:04

  @claytoncubitt.bsky.social I think this is a larger-scale version of something that happens (to some extent) in every progressive/liberal space I've ever been in. In my mind I call it "friendly fire." Although I'm pretty sure I know why it's happening at the national scale right now (Oh no, my job that is totally guaranteed no matter how little I listen to my constituents or do anything useful!), I think there are multiple possible explanations when it happens, say, on Mastodon, including: GatekeepingIngroup status games ("demonize the slightly-less-groupish group member than you" is a pretty classic strategy for increasing your standing in the group)You can't yell at the people you really want to yell at (because Republicans aren't around and wouldn't listen anyway), so you yell at whoever you can reach

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