Right?! I can’t even count the layers of sad on both hands

100%

THIS is the way

Yeah, if my research wasn’t focused on the far right, I doubt I’d ever dip my toe into that cesspool

Don’t. My research is on the far right and the white supremacist movement, so I have no choice and it’s… often not worth the comedy

Yep

I tapped out after opening the first exchange.

If I don’t take a short break from fascist bullshit tonight, I’m going to implode.

Once a reaction shows that a “protect ego” default is the stronger and immediate impulse than any recognition of your expressed desire for mutual support:

Realize the futile attempt to prove your equal humanity doesn’t work; it only ensures your humiliation.

So cut your losses and stop caring.

When no possible way remains to gently defang any potential misreading of your request for equal consideration enough that it *might* outweigh the worst possible interpretation:

Face the sad fact that any further effort isn’t just a waste of time — it’s actually an act of self-harm, NOT self-care.

Hello there old friend!!!