Absolutely.

This is a forum where January 6th was kind of planned. I balked at them for saying some hilarious shit, like "I can't go because if I leave, who will stop commies from killing my family?" or "I have to go, because if I don't, commies will kill my family." I'm not exaggerating here. Then the riot actually happened, so I went here to check the pulse again.

Now, it's really a lot of practical "growing the cult" mindset, but yeah, they're totally right here.

I really attribute the community here at JstPst for taking opportunities to educate me. I had a lot of bad thinking in me that some of the people here were able to comb out, and they gave me a lot of patience and grace. That was 12 years ago, but I think it's a winning strategy.

I've had increasingly few opportunities to "reach across" a divide, given the pandemic and the tea party / MAGA / whatnot.

There is a grave feeling in my heart currently