You guys were hardly much better in the long run, though I much sympathised with you at the time and still recognise that the stuff you went thru wasn't ok. I don't think I've seen such an unhealthy "friend group" who constantly went at each other's throats in an almost vulture-like fashion over the slightest deviation from the hivemind. It was like - once one target was down. someone else in the group became the next sacrifice to be offered till one of you came out the most purest un-objectionable person or something.
I still remember watching the twitter timeline in weird revulsion when someone in that group would put up a "problematic opinion" and then get lots of "uwu we get it but also we want you to know your a very bad person" until the other person broke and begged for forgiveness or changed their mind to everyone else's view. In some cases while it was very clearly distressing people to the point of disturbing breakdowns - several times.
Ironically y'all showed me what a toxic horrible thing the SJW world really was, so thanks I guess. But I'm glad your getting therapy and help from your previous post.
Sperging about myself ahead, but I figured I'd say something in response.
You are 100% right that we weren't much better in the long run than Bryon was, and I fully admit that I perpetuated that behavior a lot due to my own insecurities and beliefs about the world. I admit I'm extremely gullible, and back then I would take people's word on how to behave as gospel, and I drank the SJW kool-aid as hard as I could because I thought that's how I was supposed to be. I thought that's how you were supposed to make the world a better place.
I was fucked up, and I did fucked up things, and I own that. I'm not happy with it, I'm not happy with how black-and-white, borderline, and generally socially unaware I was, but I'm changing it. I've sent private apologies to several people involved and stopped using Twitter. Also, I'm getting the help I need, so that's good.
Funnily enough, that's why I ended up separating from the group. I could no longer stand by that behavior, I couldn't allow myself to keep hurting people in that way. They were turning against me too, because I didn't want to go after Bryon anymore and move on instead. I desperately needed to move forward with my life. I'm 26, I'd wasted 10 years at that point on this crusade that, in the end, accomplished nothing. The fights you mentioned moved to Discord and Skype calls, they didn't get much better. I could go on and on about the dynamics of that group; feel free to ask me for more info (edit: I will admit, however, my memory is kind of shit). I do admit though, for awhile I was the loudest and the craziest.
In meeting new people who had absolutely no involvement with those groups, I learned I wasn't happy, no one was happy, and I split. I also had a fight with my folks that caused me to change course. I keep to myself and my current partner now, alongside some Discord servers. Some stuff I do would probably still be considered cringe and dumb by the farms, but the difference is, I'm more centrist in my beliefs these days and I don't go vomiting my personal business everywhere online. If I see something I disagree with, I just move on.
