Demosthenes @Demosthenes@qoto.org

@Trickster@social.quodverum.com if you really are part of Trump's security, remember that he's calling for calm and healing now. I get you're pissed, but we've gotta be careful

@deletescape I didn't even realize it was possible to be good at php, lol.

@freedompatriot Woah! Its almost like when you look at the opinions of millions of people, they don't all believe exactly the same thing! Who'd have thunk?

The political deescalation that occurred today was an incredibly massive relief. I really hope this feeling persists.

@josemanuel you're thinking that one mode of thinking is backwards and one is forwards, but that's simplistic IMO. Our tendency to become tribal is an evolutionary advantage from when we were a tribal society. Tribes who worked together grew, and those who didn't didn't make it.

Right and wrong is only an extension of our current cultural norms, but those can change, particularly when stressed or when we experience a large change.

@tempaccount hmm, that makes me wonder if posts should be able to be made with replies disabled. It's an interesting idea

@tempaccount why not do that on a blog then? Fedi and other social media platforms are designed for interaction, not just for broadcasting.

@sid_enceladus post it! A lot of us in this instance are STEM workers and would probably find it interesting.

@josemanuel anxiety of the unknown is normal and natural. To dismiss those fears as xenophobia is unproductive. People are naturally tribal and like the culture they identify with.

@sid_enceladus why do you ask? Are you wanting something done?

@Cubanjulioneira local is everyone on your instance. The federated timeline is everyone that communicates with your instance.

@amerika @valleyforge for most people it is. They balk at the mere existence of a command prompt, let alone a proper ssh connection to a Linux terminal on a hosted server. Let alone DNS and everything else.

@cantinto thank you! That makes sense, and I agree.

@cantinto when a monopoly does that, its a bad thing

@sev its shocking to me that the democrats would go to war in order to gain complete control. This whole thing is unnecessary. If they'd have tried to calm people down and signal that they'd introduce voter reform laws, I bet things could have deescalated.

@sev on Facebook, yup. It's a counter-coup

@VD15 SPC?

@DrChris its binary us-vs-them mentality that rabid rights wingers are guilty of as well. As things escalate, expect this to amplify. Pressure tends to make us tribal.