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Tfg showed cruel people with sociopathic tendencies they could act out thier fantasies, cruelty,abusiveness,
bullying and violence and torment people and get away with it.
Tfg gave them permission.
This is the kind of people Magats and Quanons are. They were assholes before tfg or quanon.
I think population wise 1/3rd of people in this country are sociopathic or at least on the spectrum of dark triad personality types.
They seek Quanon and tfg because its all about what they like and want to hear. It validates and excuses thier sick fantasies,cruelty and beliefs and assholiness.
The Q people chose to get into Quanon, and they let it consume them because they wanted to be consumed by it.
They like reading that shit,gives them an excuse for anger violence etc.
I think they didn't innocently fumble thier way into a rabbit hole by clicking on it randomly..
When I click on something randomly and its disturbing,I click myself out,fast.
Deep down in the Q's they already were anti social conspiracy nuts.
Quanon was right down thier alley so they ran with it.
When I see something appalling or abusive or anxiety or fear/ paranoia inducing online I click away from it as fast as I can click.
Most people without dark triad personality issues will avoid graphic bigotry,
violence,abuse,racism,misogyny and gblt bashing and shit like that online. There are exceptions,like learning about corruption,the issues facing minorities or gblt issues or something along those lines. To learn or empathize,or understand why things are as they are. But if its too graphic or makes no sense or has no redeeming quality I myself don't linger in a cesspool,once I realize I clicked on a cesspool of bullshit.
Quanons didnt lose thier soul to Quanon,they already had no soul to begin with.And they liked what Qanon says and they ran with it diving headfirst into that cesspool because they chose to..they like that shit.
People that aren't anti social eventually get to a point that it's a disgusting cesspool.
And stop believing and perpetuating it.
It could take time however when something finally breaks the "spell".
On some level I wanted to believe in the cult. I wanted to push away that uncertainty and my life was in upheaval and I craved stability,and to know something bigger than me had my back.
When I was fundy xtian
It took a year to find my way out,and I broke out of the end times crazy assemblies of god cult. Part of what made me leave was,it became unbelievable,it was traumatizing me,they were hypocrites, and it was a cesspool.
But the fever dream of belief and the frameworks I used to see it through had to collapse and dissolve into cognitive dissonance.
But in that crisis of belief I rediscovered my old self, my own wiser way of seeing the world.. and I left that xtian cult cesspool never looked back.
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)He knew precisely what he was doing ... and will do again given the chance.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,463 posts)But he gave them permission to be assholes to people tfg scapegoats,and shit on the social contract that makes us able to live in a society together.
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)calimary
(81,226 posts)There seems to be a lot of that going around today.
Kinda like a great unburdening. Im glad you felt comfortable enough, and sufficiently supported, to recount your pain and your emergence, your conquest of the difficulties in your life.
Stories like yours give the rest of us hope. And wisdom. And insight. And honest self-examination. And humility. And perspective. And compassion. And inspiration. All the good things. You are another phoenix, rising from the ashes.
Many hugs!