I enjoyed reading this. Thank you for writing it. For what it's worth, my thoughts are - the manufactured genderwoo war which dominated Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok began in 2022 with Dylan Mulvaney, two years before Donald went on to beat Kamala by just two million votes. It was all done very cleverly - and cheaply. The data mining of social media in 2022-2024, revealed voters most likely to reject genderwoo in key states. The Republicans only needed to get two million of those voters emotional enough, to vote. Dylan was the emotional Mr. Motivator. Then this concocted 'Fraudrey Hepburn' was splashed on mainstream media (just in case you'd missed him on Facebook or Twitter) with his Bud Light, Nike, Maybelline, Kate Spade, Ulta Beauty, and Instacart campaigns. Ask yourself if anybody even cared about men in lipstick before 2022. This was carefully scripted and storyboarded two years prior for a precise hit on a known demographic, courtesy of social media data. When it was clear Donald was losing with women (thanks Stormy Daniels) and Kamala was winning, like a gift from God, trans landed. Pronouns! Pink and blue stripes! Grotesque drag queens! Paid actors and bots cost very little to run. Unless the cloistered Democrats on BlueSky reverse their position on trans, their party will lose again. Unless the Greens and environmentalists on BlueSky reverse their position on trans, their parties will lose again. The Democrats were made to look like hypocrites for backing a female president with a simultaneous War On Women. The Greens then looked like idiots (and still do) for denying biology, but expecting people to believe in their climate emergency manifesto. By shunting themselves into a minority social media website like BlueSky, the Democrats and Greens have once again been played. They look like a small elite, trying to take over women's space. And that's all our space. What Dylan Mulvaney did not achieve with Bud Light drinkers, J.K. Rowling did - genuinely and for the best reasons - with her multi-million American fan base. Throw in Nicky Doll, Minima Gesté, and Miss Martini at the Paris Olympics and some literal woman-bashing in sport and wow, did Donald ever get the vote out.
I think a lot of the woo woo though is like. Pro pol pot academics which is such a problem as so many have such high status roles in society. Which is what makes things so poisonous.
I don't recognise what you describe in UK Bluesky - although I am blocked by over 2 million users now so maybe I'm just insulated from the nutbags.
Occasionally US Bluesky leaks and you're bluntly reminded exactly how fucking stupid they are but UK time is actually pretty much ok
This is excellent, and far more concise than my essay.
https://robfrancis.substack.com/p/the-great-liberal-flounce
I enjoyed reading this. Thank you for writing it. For what it's worth, my thoughts are - the manufactured genderwoo war which dominated Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok began in 2022 with Dylan Mulvaney, two years before Donald went on to beat Kamala by just two million votes. It was all done very cleverly - and cheaply. The data mining of social media in 2022-2024, revealed voters most likely to reject genderwoo in key states. The Republicans only needed to get two million of those voters emotional enough, to vote. Dylan was the emotional Mr. Motivator. Then this concocted 'Fraudrey Hepburn' was splashed on mainstream media (just in case you'd missed him on Facebook or Twitter) with his Bud Light, Nike, Maybelline, Kate Spade, Ulta Beauty, and Instacart campaigns. Ask yourself if anybody even cared about men in lipstick before 2022. This was carefully scripted and storyboarded two years prior for a precise hit on a known demographic, courtesy of social media data. When it was clear Donald was losing with women (thanks Stormy Daniels) and Kamala was winning, like a gift from God, trans landed. Pronouns! Pink and blue stripes! Grotesque drag queens! Paid actors and bots cost very little to run. Unless the cloistered Democrats on BlueSky reverse their position on trans, their party will lose again. Unless the Greens and environmentalists on BlueSky reverse their position on trans, their parties will lose again. The Democrats were made to look like hypocrites for backing a female president with a simultaneous War On Women. The Greens then looked like idiots (and still do) for denying biology, but expecting people to believe in their climate emergency manifesto. By shunting themselves into a minority social media website like BlueSky, the Democrats and Greens have once again been played. They look like a small elite, trying to take over women's space. And that's all our space. What Dylan Mulvaney did not achieve with Bud Light drinkers, J.K. Rowling did - genuinely and for the best reasons - with her multi-million American fan base. Throw in Nicky Doll, Minima Gesté, and Miss Martini at the Paris Olympics and some literal woman-bashing in sport and wow, did Donald ever get the vote out.
I think a lot of the woo woo though is like. Pro pol pot academics which is such a problem as so many have such high status roles in society. Which is what makes things so poisonous.