The enemy of my enemy
Jan. 27th, 2022 12:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqBack to ranting about Facebook again - in this case a specific friend.
This friend hates Justin Trudeau with a passion. The thing is, he hates him from the position of the left. He is angry over the Liberals handling of the pipeline through BC, and he's resentful of them breaking their promise on election reform.
But he keeps latching onto and sharing any group who also hates Trudeau, and most of the anti-Trudeau memes he shares are ultra right-wing groups. He shares posts from the PPC, or from outright neo-Nazi groups.
I've called him on it a few times because I'm tired of seeing neo-Nazis showing up in my Facebook feed, but he's utterly blithe to it. He agrees with some of the sentiments they post and ignore all of the damaging bile and hate mixed in. It's because of attitudes like his that Iran ended up with their theocracy. The people rallied behind the Revolution not because they agreed with them, per se, but because they were the only group with enough power to overthrow a common enemy in the Shah.
The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend. By sharing these, he's boosting their visibility and helping them show up in other peoples recommendations.
I called him on sharing Nazi groups again, but if he keeps it up I'm just going to block him and be done with. He's an old friend, and I hate to do that, but I have even more having ultra right-wing propaganda popping up in my Facebook feed.
This friend hates Justin Trudeau with a passion. The thing is, he hates him from the position of the left. He is angry over the Liberals handling of the pipeline through BC, and he's resentful of them breaking their promise on election reform.
But he keeps latching onto and sharing any group who also hates Trudeau, and most of the anti-Trudeau memes he shares are ultra right-wing groups. He shares posts from the PPC, or from outright neo-Nazi groups.
I've called him on it a few times because I'm tired of seeing neo-Nazis showing up in my Facebook feed, but he's utterly blithe to it. He agrees with some of the sentiments they post and ignore all of the damaging bile and hate mixed in. It's because of attitudes like his that Iran ended up with their theocracy. The people rallied behind the Revolution not because they agreed with them, per se, but because they were the only group with enough power to overthrow a common enemy in the Shah.
The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend. By sharing these, he's boosting their visibility and helping them show up in other peoples recommendations.
I called him on sharing Nazi groups again, but if he keeps it up I'm just going to block him and be done with. He's an old friend, and I hate to do that, but I have even more having ultra right-wing propaganda popping up in my Facebook feed.
