Will Stancil

whstancil.bsky.social

15 septiembre 2025 23:22

Sometimes the thing that absolutely everyone is repeating is wrong. “Everyone is saying it” isn’t a good test for truth and accuracy under the best of circumstances, but much less when everyone is trying to be popular in the same community or working off the same handful of unvetted, viral sources.

Will Stancil

whstancil.bsky.social

15 septiembre 2025 23:22

Liberals are scared to push back against the epistemological rot of social media - you’ll lose followers! all your faves will get mad at you for making things complicated! - and it’s going to kill us

Will Stancil

whstancil.bsky.social

15 septiembre 2025 23:19

Also, a good clue is if you get mad at me for saying this, but don’t get mad at the many, many people who are talking with total certainty about how he’s on the far right. That’s how the validation bubble works: affirming ideas are challenged little, threatening ideas are challenged lots.

Will Stancil

whstancil.bsky.social

15 septiembre 2025 23:19

I’m not saying anything for sure. But I think it’s reasonable to say that engraving “catch this, fascist” on a bullet and an anti-fascist anthem, as well as looking at some of the language mocking Trump he used on his discord, and say it leans a certain way.

Will Stancil

whstancil.bsky.social

15 septiembre 2025 23:19

Okay I’m gonna say it: I don’t think the available evidence suggests this guy is a groyper, and if anything, he appears to be more left-leaning. And frankly the fact this entire site is convinced he’s a groyper is a pretty revealing demonstration of the alternate reality bubble that happens online