You’re right, that does sound particularly like something an autistic person would say. It’s also something I’d be perfectly happy to hear and engage with.

“New toilet paper, same shit” is how an old boss of mine used to say it. Good for if you want to go clever yet crude.

I went to the one in my small city in SC. Had a few hundred people along a decently busy road. I was pleasantly surprised as hundreds of passing cars showed support over the 2 hours we were there, and only a dozen or so expressed opposition. I was not surprised that a majority of passers-by didn’t engage at all though. The real majority in this country is not left or right, it’s apathy.

Found Lemmy during the API protest and ditched reddit. I’ve been meaning to go back to reddit and get banned over the whole crazy censorship thing, but haven’t gotten around to it yet.

A big part of the problem is that plenty of Republicans would answer some or all of your pointed questions with an unironic “yes.”