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Lemmy is a left leaning echo chamber loaded with hateful and violent speech toward Trump and the GOP in general. Whenever I bring this up, I get downvoted to oblivion. I hardly engage anymore, not like I used to. Too much crazy. Trust me, I fucking hate Trump, but the death threats and shit are too much
As should be the case :)
These groups are only alive by sheer mercy.
Taking about U.S politics is a good way to make anyone not from U.S leave. I don't care about politics, yet my wish to not get bombarded by it simply cannot be fulfilled here. So I have to seek other social media platforms, which means I spend less time here.
The simple (depressing) fact that U.S. politics affects nearly every single person on the globe to some degree makes your indifference towards politics in general somewhat dangerous on a personal awareness level. Consume what data you choose, but avoiding it only prolongs the inevitable?
LMAO
You got to be edgy on the internet, it's the law
And itβs self reinforcing through irony laden posts like this.
Well, that's what Trump and the GOP do, so turnabout is fair play.
However, "left leaning" is a relative term. Just mention the Green Party and you'll get a hail of downvotes and / or accusations of pro-Russian sympathy from establishment Dems.
Essentially this place is Palestine-Ukraine-Biden-centric, and that is long known.
Saying anything on the opposite, even marking the shortcomings of above governments and military will immediately get you downvoted, regardless of your actual stance.
This is a problem we have for a while.
One potential solution? Keep voicing it up, screw everyone who downvotes. If they want to bring arguments, they'll have to do it in text. If they make threats, report them to mods. Down arrow means nothing by itself.
I'm not even American and I usually don't care either way, but it's so annoying. Why can't we just have apolitical or at least more focused communities online anymore? I would literally join any community that outright banned all political speech for a change nowadays.
Being apolitical is the same as being worthless. It is the absolute duty of every member of the polis to participate actively, which includes praxis.
That doesn't mean we need to discuss it everywhere, all the time. For starters, not everyone is American and wants to see American centric discussions everywhere, and also, not all discussions everywhere need to start revolving around modern politics. Creating apolitical spaces doesn't mean being an apolitical individual. Just wanting to look for more peaceful alternatives.
I'm perfectly fine with being called worthless if you can't see the logic behind that, I legitimately don't give a shit as long as I can get a break from the insane and miserable shit throwing that is online political discourse.
If you like feeling miserable and angry every time you go online, great for you, but I'd much rather have an option not to do that.
I follow American politics because I know it will affect me. I feel like I need to know. I don't think that that info should exist everywhere. Getting a break is very important to me too. Everything seems to be much more political with the Internet because how much more aware we all are. I would like to see some community where it's not politics or governments or anything.
Exactly. Just discuss anything else. Whatever. I don't care anymore. I don't want to know. I have absolutely no control over whatever happens in most countries, and I only have control over my own votes (if anything). Online discussion and politics always gets insanely toxic and dogmatic.