Your method of always voting for the lesser evil lead you here
It literally, mathematically did not lol
I am a straight white man, American citizen by birth. What leftist political activity I've done has been anonymous except for being a registered Democrat. Even in the worst case, I'll be fine under the fascists.
I voted for Kamala Harris to save YOUR ass. And if you can't be bothered to at least do the same, well...when they come for you, you can comfort yourself with the fact that this is what you voted for.
And we circle back around to "Democrats did a bad thing" instead of "a tiny number of Democrats went against the wishes of the party and joined all of the Republicans to do a bad thing"
Propaganda.
"The Democrats" did not vote for this bill and implying so is fucking. Propaganda.
I think in general you're correct. However, OP noted that this problem (people constantly misunderstanding) seems to be exclusive to lemmy (Fediverse et al) and not limited solely to her communication. I've noticed it as well, and I it that points to a quirk of this community.
Seriously, and with no offense meant, I think there is a significantly higher than normal concentration of people on the spectrum here. A lot of conversations I see show the hallmarks.
I think this is a big part of the problem. Instead of thinking, "what did THEY INTEND to say with that post", people think "how did I FEEL when I read the post".
The former matters a lot more than the latter in communication. All communication should be about translating and decoding the intention of the other person first and foremost.
Funny how you people always conflate "not having the numbers to effectively stop Republicans" with "actively helping Republicans". Every single time I drill down to ask what specifically the Dems did to make things worse, it's always "they failed to stop the Republicans".
Little-l left. As in, encompassing everyone left of center. Not "the Left".