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[โ€“] TechnoCat@piefed.social 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

"They're nice when they're not mean." is a pretty bad take.

Personally, the only thing that causes me to go from "nice" to "mean" is intolerance or abuse.

Its not "nice when they aren't mean." It's "nice until they/their community are legitimately threatened."