Absolutely. And now, to make it worse, I feel intimidated to talk about it as well, because —how do you even talk to someone about any of this? When others talked to me about anything of the sort I dismissed it as silly. And to be sure, I do still think there are a lot of silly people down these rabbit holes, but same as anything else where something is being hidden, the craziest person will be put up as a poster child to deter further looking into it.

I’m glad Wired put out an article on this. Puts more eyes on something and shifts the needle a bit.

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I feel intimidated to talk about it as well, because —how do you even talk to someone about any of this?

The problem with "both sides" is that it doesn't really fit the perception of most people. The upper leadership is very much "both sides", and the majority of the policies are also "both sides" as a result. However, most people aren't interacting with Nancy Pelosi on a daily basis. The nice old lady down the street who volunteers for the democratic party and bakes cookies is pretty apparently not the same as the dude in a lifted pickup with a maga flag and a gun rack. The closest most people are gonna get to a "both sides" democrat is going to be the local mayor, in a community of 20k+.

I don't really have an easy answer. ACAB ran into similar issues, but the nature of police work is routinely and publicly violent. That made it much more readily apparent.