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@alice@lgbtqia.space not saying the people who often reply this way really mean it, or that they're actively malicious, often they're genuinely just misinformed or whatever

but in saying that... there is a reason the CIA writes about this in their handbooks on how to disenfranchise and squash grassroots movements, it DOES take energy and momentum to sustain positive change, and comments that offer nothing of substance while broadly discouraging action absolutely have a big impact on people and wider movements as a whole, I think this is something most people don't consider very often but it's hugely important to remember