this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2024
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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

People are definitely not more bigoted and ignorant. They just feel it's now safer to express their bigotry.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

They just feel it’s now safer to express their bigotry.

Which has a memetic effect on the population. The more bigotry ideas are expressed, the more new people feel that those ideas have value. Andrew Tate is an example of a super spreader.