• PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    People who abuse and manipulate their family also have social media, which they use to abuse and manipulate society.

    They’re a certain type of person and for a lot of people, social media is their first real experience with these patterns of behaviour that were usually hidden behind closed doors.

    But for anyone who grew up in an abusive home and broke the cycle, it’s instantly recognisable.

    The tricks and motivations don’t change. They want to dictate how everyone around them looks, acts and thinks. If anybody gets it wrong, they lash out at them and try to hurt them physically or emotionally.

    Everything that comes out of their mouths is just a means to that end. Things like logic and consistency don’t even enter into it.

    They have no qualms at all about deliberately misinterpreting “freedom of speech” so they can say what they like, then handwaving it away so they can prevent others from doing the same.