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What was the scariest “We need to leave… now” gut feeling that you’ve ever experienced? (fedi.ohpossum.ooo)

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Kinda sorta copy/pasted question from Reddit. But wanted to see what your answers are like on here!

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[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 148 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

At the very start of COVID. When many of my online and IRL friend groups started internalizing what I now recognize as Russian/Chinese influence ops (which were being spread by unwitting Western Useful Idiots -- Conservatives and Libertarians)

They started not just opposing lockdowns, but actively spreading virus: no mask, it's just a flu, CDC is lying, Fauchi is an idiot, etc.

It felt like being in a burning building. I grabbed my family, ran for the exit by cutting ties with the Influenced, and left them to burn. Now many of them are utterly consumed by propaganda and no longer recognize reality. 😢

[-] Strider@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

And as long as this and these aren't properly addressed it will just go on. Russia loves it!

[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago

properly addressed

I legit wish there was real civic discussion about influence ops/propaganda.

I wish political parties were fighting about the best ways to identify and combat it.

I wish private organizations, news outlets, media companies, NGOs etc were talking about it and even pretending to acknowledge it.

"We are in a race between education and oblivion." -R B Fuller

[-] yakko@feddit.uk 40 points 2 days ago

I lost one in much the same way. It still hurts.

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