It's up there with "It's too close to an election to critique the party!" before the fucking primaries have even started.

I'm in my forties and I've heard that same worthless fucking line every election for 27 fucking years now.

So when's it gonna be time to critique them, huh?? Never I guess.

Also, the opposite of what you're suggesting happens, too. After the Election in 2024, in early 2025 a lot of people made accusations that those people "disappeared" from Lemmy. I remember because I called out that bullshit and called multiple people to the thread who had stood by their words and were still there, still standing up, and these asshats were pretending they didn't exist or must be paid actors. Ugh Ugh uGh.,