This!! Someone said “ the left is always looking for traitors while the right is always looking for recruits.”
2026-08-03 16:33:20
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Hannah Banana :
Chappell Roan being eaten alive despite being LOUDLY vocal at the height of her visibility is evidence in this argument's favor
2026-08-03 19:52:40
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Bec :
I've been seeing this in the Hank Green AI discourse lately. Like, do I think there were deeply questionable decisions? Absolutely. But the comments calling for his head and saying he's only in it for the grift are crazy to me. It ignores the years of education/outreach/donations, etc.
2026-08-03 18:47:41
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teaguzzles :
Imperfect addressing of progressive issues turns into “secret conservative needs to die” in the comments 😭
2026-08-03 15:20:20
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Kirby in Scandi 🇩🇰 :
There’s no room for nuance on the left either, and I say this as someone who is left leaning or even far left on almost every issue.
2026-08-04 06:44:55
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Cree Han :
I.e. Olivia Rodrigo is getting destroyed rn for dating a finance guy
2026-08-03 22:20:03
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newenglandrunnr :
I sometimes make political videos. In one of them I had someone point out I shouldn’t be wearing my LL bean jacket because they donated to this administration. I’ve owned that jacket for many years lol
2026-08-03 17:40:27
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ctkat6 :
I’ve experienced this on a very, very small level. I don’t post content, but last year I started posting pictures of a little free pantry that I would fill in my community. The church that sponsored the pantry asked people who filled it to snap pictures, post them online, get the word out, etc. I would say over half of the comments I got on those posts were people criticizing the food I put in there. It wasn’t healthy enough, I didn’t provide people with enough options, I didn’t have any gluten-free food, on and on and on. I tried to point out that the people who use the pantry are all homeless and therefore need grab and go food that they don’t have to cook, and then I got criticized for not thinking that homeless people would still want to eat healthy. At that point, I just stopped posting. And this is just a little free pantry, imagine if I was posting about local politicians or movements.
2026-08-03 20:39:46
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Step :
I hated the way people jumped down Eli Rallo’s throat for that video where it’s clear she’s an ally and had good intentions. My personal rule of thumb is that I’m not for shaming those that are on my side. There are always bigger fish to fry.
2026-08-03 18:34:41
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Kenzie Motaghed :
Ugh yes. “Speak up on issues that are important to me *but* I will jump down your throat if you don’t say it in exactly the way I want you to, or if you don’t say it quickly enough.”
2026-08-03 21:34:52
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William Tchatchou :
i aint remodel and i aint leading nobody. i warn my friends and thats it.
2026-08-05 20:27:36
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Victoria B. :
Being in community with those types of people is exhausting just on a day to day basis, I can’t imagine actually having a platform with thousands to millions of people waiting to pounce.
2026-08-03 15:57:31
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Julia Allen :
Yes this is such a good way of describing this. The left will occasionally loop back around and critique people who aren’t speaking up, but they will CRUCIFY people who do but “wrong”. I saw a creator make a video about ICE and how awful it is that they’re murdering innocent people and that we need to advocate for restricting or abolishing ICE, and in that video he said like “of course no one should fear for their life while doing their job” and more of the comments were about “wow I can’t believe you’re defending ICE agents” than about the actual point he was making. He could’ve said nothing and gotten way less backlash
2026-08-03 17:46:25
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michaelschoft :
It’s sad that those of us on the left so often demand perfection from those who are broadly aligned with us. It’s so much better to CONNECT to people with similar views than to CORRECT them
2026-08-03 13:59:43
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Meg Ferdi :
I had people come for me as a vegetarian (mostly vegan) for 8 years, bc I said 1-2 times a month I’ll have cheese. It was an outrage. The policing is unhinged.
2026-08-03 18:55:46
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waterbuffalo750 :
If someone is trying to please internet leftists, man have they got an uphill battle.
2026-08-04 11:47:45
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Abby Sliva :
There’s definitely some misogyny/mansplaining happening all the time w this
2026-08-04 13:03:58
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Mosslander :
openly politically progressive is the first thing I look for in media I consume.
2026-08-04 23:58:26
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MorganCBarnes :
Everybody is a cop. I don’t even get into it bc I’m tired of arguing. Everything has to be said exactly right. I’m a human being! So now I just don’t
2026-08-03 21:17:32
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SaintMaggie :
I’ll die on the hill that this is why Taylor Swift rarely speaks out. It will never be enough and anything she says will be heavily criticized and scrutinized. It’s just too much. She’s still a person
2026-08-04 15:48:18
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RedheadK :
Online spaces seem to attract a high number of progressives who struggle to forge real connections ftf and are not doing any meaningful work in their own communities. It makes engaging online with them nearly impossible.
2026-08-03 16:08:31
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mkay :
It’s the moral perfectionism of being expected to speak on EVERY topic. There are certain things I cannot speak on either for lack of my own education or truly personal reasons and get fucking dog walked on meanwhile I am standing 10 toes down on every other single issue
2026-08-05 16:42:28
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leastuniqueuser :
I find your average TikTok commenter can’t cope if your view isn’t 100% “perfect” by their standards. I’d imagine it’s exhausting for many creators to deal with.
2026-08-03 23:45:13
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fernando87657 :
Agreed. The Venn diagram of what I agree with progressives on has a lot of overlap, but I’ve gotten virtually screamed at about the issues we don’t agree upon. It’s one of the main reasons we have the orange menace. Compromise matters.
2026-08-03 14:09:46
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Julia Allen :
Bbno$ is a great example of this. He’s one of the most progressive and outspoken artists on this app but he’s still being dragged through the mud WEEKLY by people who perceive him as never doing enough or not being perfect, and of course in the mean time conservatives won’t touch him with a 10 foot pole because he’s vocally opposed to them
2026-08-03 17:47:26
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