I’m a conservative. I don’t mind the liberal stuff here. It’s good to learn the other side, but I don’t want a liberal echo chamber. I’d like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?
I’m a conservative. I don’t mind the liberal stuff here. It’s good to learn the other side, but I don’t want a liberal echo chamber. I’d like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?
Isn’t that just a fancy way of saying “I want more lies, ignorance and hate sprinkled in”?
“More politically balanced” lol
As progressive as I may consider myself, Lemmy has a tendency to go full Reddit communist. All bosses are greedy ass holes, all landlords should be ritually sacrificed, that kind of stuff.
Antiwork subreddits have collected a bunch of communities that want to be well paid for minimum effort work, no matter the profitability of the business, and be thanked for their service. Some people, especially those working for absolutely minimum wage in demanding environments, are exploited, but a lot of them just don’t like their job and have no interest in making something out of themselves that grants them better job opportunities. It’s exhausting, and it’s spreading across the internet.
Liberal use of block buttons and unfollowing certain communities helps, but there’s still a significant amount of over-the-top leftism that I have to ignore to enjoy the platform.
Some popular subreddits are very much the same, if not worse. On the other hand, the idealist (what I assume) kids are just annoying, where a lot of places that consider themselves “conservative” are outright dangerous.
Just look at this thread. “I consider myself to be conservative” can mean lots of things, but people jump at the opportunity to call OP a racist, sexist, nazi klansman who likes to kick puppies in their free time. No wonder people get sucked into the extremist hellholes if this is how they’re greeted elsewhere.
It’s sad that you’re getting down voted for this, because you’re absolutely right. These lemmy communities are already turning out to be a left-leaning echo chamber, this thread is a perfect example. Any opinion that differs from the left is blocked or downvoted or argued against endlessly.
OP asks a completely reasonable question in good faith, and hundreds of people come to attack him for thinking differently than they do.
People straight up mock him for no reason. The left loves to paint the right as being hateful, but I’m only seeing the left being hateful on here.
So anyone who doesn’t subscribe to everything you believe in or agree with are liars, ignorant, and hateful? Discussions and debate can be healthy.
Ever been on a conservative subreddit? No matter how open minded you are, you can’t overlook how they don’t even care to spread misinformation.
The exact same thing can be said for liberal communities. It becomes a hivemind where dissenting opinions are not allowed.
Take the Hunter Biden laptop story for instance. So many websites and communities outright banned it from being discussed or posted because they didn’t like the optics of it. Facebook banned it, the top subs on reddit banned it.
Only very recently has CNN decided to treat it as news, after lying about it constantly on air for months saying it was fake. That’s censorship of information. The left regularly spread misinformation like “the laptop story is a Russian hoax”.
Both sides do this.
Yeah. I have. Echo chambers. Hated them.
But the OP seems to be open-minded based on this post. If he is (or at least tries to be), then I don’t see a reason why we should just criticize his politics without just cause. If he eventually proves to be a troll or breaks rules then maybe the admins can ban him.
It’s hard to generalize. There are assholes from all political spectrums, even though there may be more in others.
Edit: if I’m not mistaken, I think it was Voat I checked out last? I really can’t remember but this isn’t the first time I tried leaving reddit. This is the most successful attempt yet, though. I also inadvertently joined a Q group/channel on Telegram. Lmao.
Yes, and I find them indistinguishable from liberal subreddits. The echo chambers are pretty easy to find…
I mean there’s no reason in debating a liar, it’s lose lose.