This is my exact same experience. I ask for someone to elaborate on their stance, get told (not accused, told) I'm trolling. Ask for explanation/definition of a concept, get called an idiot shitlib and told to read some theory. Ask for civility, get told I deserve abuse for "endorsing genocide". (By the way, I absolutely oppose the genocide in Gaza. But I'm a genocide supporter I guess because I won't flush my vote third party this November.)

Hexbear is a community that expects you to conform. Every time there is a post like this, someone comes out of the woodwork and says "They're nice people if you talk like them and agree with them on everything." It's cool that you're not getting abused, but abuse is coming from that space, whether or not it is happening to you.

It's a shame because I would like to hear the nuances of their viewpoints, but I can never get them to tell me what they are. Always complaining that nobody tries to understand, but dogpiling on anyone that asks questions. Then they pull up your report history and tell you "It's just a little dunking bro, stop being a snowflake" for not putting up with it.

Users of Hexbear, if you're reading these words, do better. Nobody is going to sympathize with your cause if you antagonize outsiders that want to learn more.

This just hurts. A whole loving family being thrown under the bus to protect one cop. Therapist sounds like a piece of work too, there should never be unwanted physical contact during therapy. Evil.

Right? Some of these kids see their teachers more than their actual parents. Could you imagine having to deal with such blatant disrespect every day from someone that is meant to be your role model?

We need to start calling this out when we see it.

Why are you wearing an ear bandage/diaper that you don't need? That's fucking weird.

You want to know the genitals of strangers using the bathroom? Um, creepy.

You think children should have to carry a pregnancy to term no matter what? Gross. Disgusting.

Unfortunately they respond to embarrassment much better than shame. They would much rather be evil than different.

What...what is even the problem? Managers "feel uneasy"? What?

I'm just thinking about walking to get to downtown, and there's no way I could do it without being somewhere I'm "not allowed".

If I want to cross the 4-lane road just outside my apartment, there is simply no legal way to do it. There is an intersection but no crosswalks and no way to request to cross. I shouldn't have to have a vehicle just to get from one side of the road to the other.

Some jail staff appeared to believe that Talotta was manipulative and dishonest. “He attempted to blame his behaviors on his ‘Autism,’” the jail psychiatrist wrote, according to Wright. The psychiatrist also wrote that staff reported he was “childlike at times, exaggerating his symptoms and appearing to be very needy.”

I'm sorry, are they implying he was faking/playing up the effects of having an IQ of 60? What's with the quotes around the word Autism? Can we please have the jail psychologist investigated while we're at it?

People who hold this view: "Why don't my children talk to me anymore?"

"I only drink when I go out to the bar."

Goes to the bar for lunch and dinner every day.

Wow, that's... exceedingly boring.

Imagine buying some of the most recognized branding in the world and tossing it all away. Couldn't be me.

Justin McElroy is going to be heartbroken.

I don't disagree with the sentiment, but "get a half decent job, do basic planning, and factor in the cost of the home you definitely own" is a massive simplification and a lot of people cannot meet those requirements through no fault of their own.