In the past week I’ve been absolutely roasted for criticising two different countries. Normally I’d be okay with that, I can handle a mild toasting and after all debate is a good thing.
On both occasions though I was flamed for mentioning human rights issues that are established facts and have been known for many, many years. I was critical of the actions/laws of their governments and not the people, their race, religion, general political ideology or nationality.
On both occasions I was bombarded by long posts that parroted propaganda, and in the case of one country I was told (on multiple occasions) that I was ignorant, racist and even fascist for mentioning the issues I did. I’m not complaining about how I was treated, but as a reminder, I was discussing internationally-recognised human rights concerns that can be verified and based in fact.
I could just be paranoid but I’m fairly convinced the responses weren’t from patriotic citizens. I think they were paid trolls or bots, and I think their purpose was to quiet negative talking points about the countries that were mentioned.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
I shouldn’t have read that.
I feel like I am going insane. I know why I became a leftist and it’s because a) late-diagnosed autism, b) giving too much of a darn about people, c) working too hard for too long and seeing absolute mouth breathers get rich beyond belief. But the way these people talk about me makes me think I am in a culture or something and that I am missing something major… like I am left because Capitalism isn’t working! I was not “brainwashed” and if anything I had to work really hard to break from Capitalist brainwashing.
But I have doubts. IDK, I feel like life has always been harder for me than “normal” people and I am jealous of that. I hate how hard I work and yet it feels like nothing I do matters and I’m never good enough for anyone. So is it just that most people are happy and better than me? What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I just be left alone instead of forced into this normal lifestyle that I can’t fit in with? I tried; it doesn’t work for me.
And it’s exhausting being told I am a bit and not a real flesh and blood human being that has trouble typing this because of my fat fingers.