At a time of personal confusion and pain in my life, Jordan Peterson and the alt right gave me direction and purpose. I eventually realized that purpose was spreading a cruel, antisocial worldview — but not before I inflicted that cruelty on those around me.
Maybe maybe. Parts of Lemmy can be vastly different to other parts even moreso than on reddit due to the siloing and I could just be a little jaded from extensive battles with the anti-communists chasing me around recently.