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    Just wait until you feel the incredible feel of having one of them DM you calling you the N-word, threatening to “punch you in your N***** face” and then you use an IP tracker to find they’re using an Belorussian IP.

    I’ve been running off that accomplishment for some time.

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    If you haven’t been called a “Russian bot,” you’re not really challenging western imperialism yet.

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            And that’s how you recognize a Russian election interfetterance bot, because it’s categorically false. The genocide Drumpf is carrying out is millions times worse and very different from the special military operation in Palestine that the Biden administration really had nothing to do with if you think about it.

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      What if get called delusional and crazy for trying to create the second coming in order to contradict Trump’s current ascension into godhood. While any logical people stay dismissive rather than reconstruct religion and spiritualism in a contemporary sense.

      However I understand the consequences, so I implant seeds of thought in the homeless on my way to work. Puzzles to solve, so that my name is slowly released and written of.

      I am writing a book and tagging the streets soon. All inspired by this one dude who writes in chalk everywhere in my neighborhood. Repent, god is justice, etc.

      I can use my voice to inspire thoughts and I will dominate the minds everywhere I go through my voice and words alone. Why? Christians base their whole lives over one archaic book of knowledge - nothing’s stopping you from writing your own to explain your kids the world. That’s all it is, but people forget that the whole point of Jesus is that religion and structures cannot alone do the work of good parents. It’s why Joseph is gone after age 12 and Mary is renowned in eastern Christianity along with other spliters, like mexican catholics.

      So I am writing for my kids, and I do this for the hope that mankind can accept their place. I constantly see people fighting the concept of capitalism rather than the actors behind it. Capitalism is a plight because it allows man to ascend beyond that of his bounds. To be without pain or want, to be without need or limit. However remember it is the man behind it, not the concept thereof. It is only when the heart abandons communism for the sake of the self and the self alone, that we cannot feel anything but ourselves. Suffering is persistent, there will never be without. However in it, you can find retroactive gratitude, and in turn form proactive gratification.

      Tower of Babel is about the rich exploiting mankind to reach their godlike status in a literal sense among the heavens. While not understanding the foundations they exist upon, the tower crumbles, just like man would when they forget the simplicities of every day.

      So far I have only surveyed Christian, Catholic, Buddhist, Sikh, and Shinto. I am intimidated by Hinduism and Islam. Funny that Sikh was birthed from these barriers blurring.

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          Im insulted you say only a little, however it is not at all. I just like studying religion as it has fascinated me, as an atheist conflicted. I realized if I want to rise my name, I must have something right to say. My name, not myself.

          I just have a lucky name, on the cusp of this millenium I was born the 2nd. My surname’s meaning to supplant, my brother a homeless man who said he was sent by god. Before being murdered said I was my mother’s compensation for all her suffering.

          I told my mom as she relayed the message, that he was just delusioned by some mental disorder. Yet here I am. I however know reality fully well and fear my safety, for I have a life I wish to cherish. It is why I must appease the sensibilities of manic Christians raising Trump to godhood.

          Do you think I wish to do this? No, I wish I could just enjoy my own personal suffering. I wish I could do something directly. I wish I could just enjoy my minecraft, but now time is limited. I do not wish to have my mother taken away.

          How do you convince someone? Have something in common. What do most of these people have in common? Christianity. So Trump uses christian rhetoric to rise himself. My rhetoric just uses their scripture along with lots of coincidences of my life.

          Then again it seems the triviums are a lost art. Most nowadays do not know theyre called liberal arts because they freed you. Or that math once was under such a name.

          Jesus is commemorated because he stood against Rome, it isn’t new. The demon Legion? Hmm what an odd name for a demon, maybe the Legionnaires should vanquish them. It is the first recorded instance of fascist pig as an insult. Why is it so convoluted? Speak against america Rome and find out.

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    Not just fascists, also those who empower fascists by sitting on their lazy ignorant smug asses on Election Day, bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe, who want some sort of collapse to happen… because they fancy themselves at the top of their imagined new “purity” food chain, I mean… look at their purity! Aren’t they so special and so above it all?

    They read things! On the internet! Wow!
    They reject anything that doesn’t fit their narrative. They LOVE having their hollow ego massaged in circlejerks and by bad-faith actors.

    God forbid anything less than perfect and pure crosses their medieval path, lest they feel offended and… oh yeah, they do nothing. Which is why we’re in this goddamned mess in the first place. They allowed racist, misogynistic fascism to take firm root, good luck weeding it out now.

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      Fascists are not empowered by political apathy. If that were the case, you’d be able to provide evidence that states or nations with low voter turnout always turn fascist. 80% of voters turned out in 1932 when the Nazis became the most powerful party. Political apathy can be a result of burgeoning fascism - among other things. How do you think fascism arose in Germany? People being lazy?

      Chalking up fascism to poltical apathy is what happens when you fail to look at fascism as a function of class dynamics and class conflict - and furthermore, fail to see the generations-old pattern of regulatory agencies being captured, special interests dominating political commentary, rampant lobbying, decaying education, wages being suppressed, healthcare being denied, transportation services rendered useless, etc…

      If, at the end of this devolution into fascism, your only takeaway is “Damn lazy tankies and russian spies destroyed America!”, then you haven’t learned your lesson, and you’ve fallen in perfect lockstep with your liberal forerunners who made the exact same mistakes.

      It’s telling that you folks never engage when leftists point out that when the democrats had a choice between slowing fascism and committing genocide on Palestinians, they chose to do genocide all for sweet AIPAC dollars.

      The simple fact is that Biden’s and Kamala’s constituents wanted an end to genocide. Biden and Kamala ignored these constituents. Biden and Kamala lost. That couldn’t be a more democratic outcome; it’s more American than Apple pie. If you say “fuck you” to your constituents, it’s a safe bet you’ll lose them, and if this is a calculus that some dumb ass like me can make, you know that higher levels of democratic leadership were aware of the risks and chose to take them anyway. The democrats are controlled opposition.

      If you are a liberal reading this thread and are starting to see holes pop up in the logic and reasoning of your colleagues, or have correctly identified that the liberals are ill-equipped to deal with this devolution, I’d encourage you to learn what Marxism really is - beyond the spark notes you got from your conservative history teacher in high school.

      https://socialistra.org/edu/

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        This was really shown when Cory Booker was shouting for 25 hrs about "This is not moral… We fight corruption… We dont have money for healthcare and education… We dont have money for our veterans " the next morning he passes $9Billion aid to Israel because AIPAC gave him $900,000

        https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/05/donh-a05.html

        https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary?cycle=All&ind=Q05&recipdetail=S

        Morality and corruption my ass. Cory Booker is a hypocrite spinless clown who does not stand for shit. You give him money and he will dance a circus just like he is paid to.

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        "I didn’t vote for the lady who wouldn’t commit to stopping Israel (but I knew wouldn’t shred the economy)

        even though the alternative was a man very openly supportive of Israel and is now actively deporting pro-Palestine protesters and providing Israel all the weapons it needs

        'Cuz obviously both parties are the same"

        Quite frankly, I have no respect for anyone who took this position. Whether influenced by propaganda or… whatever… I honestly don’t know how you can say you didn’t see what a threat Trump would be (not you personally), especially in retrospect.

        I’m again going to push back and say that a massive propaganda campaign, similar to 2016, is what won them the election. Crypto dumped $146 million into he election. Elon personally put something like $250 million in, AND did the “raffles” to get people to vote (not raffles, it was a lie, admitted in court)… AND he openly used Twitter to influence the election. Zuck is in with the same guys that Musk is – Thiel, etc (I say “in” loosely for Musk) and if you don’t think they also used FB you’re a fool.

        But propaganda isn’t an excuse, because it requires some lack of not intentionally trying to expose yourself to new & different sources of news, but more importantly, different perspectives. And a complete detachment or ignorance from Trump’s first presidency.

        MAGA was always a traitor party.

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        bOtH siDeS tHo!

        So you didn’t vote for the “gEnOciDeR”, how’s that working out for you?

        Take a look around at the paradise that your inaction has caused.

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          It’s still shocking to me that people were stupid enough to believe that Jim Crow Joe would be a remedy for fascism in the first place.

          It’s doubly shocking to me that you’ve already forgot about Roe v Wade, most deportations in history (even more than now), building and expansion of prisons/cop cities, expanded drone strikes/kidnappings, start of multiple genocides, etc. and then feel entitled enough to be this fucking glib.

          You have not been paying attention. If you believe in electoralism then stop punching down and redirect your rage at those who actually have power to change things within that system.

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            What’s shocking are all the fucking dipshits that think staying home and doing nothing at all is the best course of action to stop an anthropomorphic buttplug from overthrowing democracy.

            And what’s more shocking, is that their smug entitlement is so strong that they refuse to acknowledge their fault in the shitshow that is going on around them.

            For fuck’s sake! Even some of the conservatives have come forward to admit they fucked up! But no, rank and file of those ignorant little shithead protest voting assholes are still folding their arms and yet, have the audacity to blame people that fucking voted?

            Shocking indeed.

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              And what’s more shocking, is that their smug entitlement is so strong that they refuse to acknowledge their fault in the shitshow that is going on around them.

              Kamala won my state, you’re just mad that people don’t have the religious faith in voting and American ‘democracy’ that you do.

              maybe try something other than blaming people to your left when the pathetic centrists lose to Republicans after insisting on doing a genocide. You might even be able to mentally move on from it and have some new ideas to share with everyone besides crying about ‘tankies’ (whoever you disagree with)

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                If you’re an eligible voter and didn’t vote for Harris you looked at Trump style facism and decided you were okay with it. Don’t blame other people for your choices.

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                  I voted for a communist because I was tired of both Harris style fascism AND Trump style fascism.

                  you lot have a religious conviction in voting and we don’t even have a popular vote!

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                …you’re just mad that…

                How about you worry about your own victimized bullshit and stop making edits to who I am?

                And I’ll put the blame where it likes. 91 million of you didn’t participate in the one thing you cold have done to stop this.

                It’s YOUR fault no matter how you twist reality.

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                  It’s YOUR fault no matter how you twist reality.

                  the only people to blame for Trump’s presidency are the people that voted for him and funded him. like Hilary Clinton.

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          So you didn’t vote for the “gEnOciDeR”, how’s that working out for you?

          So you stuck with genocide for genocide’s sake. Working out great for you. You get your genocide and you were always going to blame your left for you getting the only thing any centrist has ever wanted.

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              I voted for her because I had no less terrible option. Congratulations that you got to vote for a candidate that agrees with you that there should be no living Palestinians. Regardless of which candidate you voted for.

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                I voted for her because I had no less terrible option

                So you’re a genocide supporter. Thanks for helping to clarify. Your vote supported genocide.

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                  Gee, so when you genocide-supporting centrists (there has never and will never be any other kind of centrist. genocide is all any of you have ever been.) said that you can vote for someone without agreeing with everything they say, it was just a lie.

                  You voted for genocide because you have never loved anything but genocide, and I got tricked into it by dishonest centrists who just wanted votes for their genocide.

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              Do you think there has been an ongoing genocide in Gaza since Oct 7?

              The way you poke fun at the term is psychotic, frankly. I.e. “HolOCauST”

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                Did you think there has been an ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine for decades?

                It’s always fucking annoying to see what single-issue event will cause all the lazy internet warriors to yell at one another about. Every election year… it’s something new.

                But what’s even more fucking annoying?

                NONE of you gave a single shit about Palestine before last October. NOT ONE OF YOU.

                Lemmy existed before then, and comment histories are public. I’ve yet to see anyone mention or show a shred of a shit given to anyone in Gaza prior to Oct 7th. So spare me the bullshit. Because I’m not buying it.

                Also,

                There is STILL genocide going on. Are you not aware? You didn’t fucking win anything with your folded arms and smug little pout. It’s all still happening. Only now- another country has lost its democracy.

                Take your bow. You certainly worked your ass off for this one.

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        Fascists are not empowered by political apathy

        Fascists are empowered by political apathy in a first past the post election system. Which we have.

        And its not just tankies. You guys are an influence but you aren’t the sole driver of this result of low turnout obviously.

        This is something many clownishly-apolitical individuals that aren’t tankies understand and still choose not to vote because they also, like tankies, think both parties are the same but for more low brow selfish small minded reasons. I live in a deeply rural area and commute to a small city and I’ve encountered these morons first hand in both places. Typically these are poorly educated impoverished people who feel left behind by perceived elites (not just rich people but basically any people smart enough to work low paying white collar like myself). Who don’t realize they’re letting things get worse for them and now will end up materially worse off and even some of them will end up dead as a result.

        And in so far that a person can deserve their own misfortune, they will. Because they either know or very much ought to know what was at stake and did not give a fuck.

        I actually think most tankies will be fine though. You guys are educated enough that you’re probably not on average nearly as impoverished as these types. It’ll just be the dipshit apolitical underclass of people who will start feeling things get noticeably worse.

        Maybe it wont be too late for them to be moved by their impending suffering and react to it in a productive way but at this point I’m kind of over it. I’m ambivalent at this point.

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        You’re correct, but in the end those same tankies are also the ones that want a fascist state because they’re basically a capitalist state on the brink of collapse – a good ground for revolution that tankies wish for.

        This would not have happened if democrats had true back bone and a moral structure beyond being the slightly less insane alternative to republicans, until now, where republicans have shifted to radicalism, either knowing that democrats don’t have much fight or allying internally with democrats, allowing for this take over to start from the roots and corrupt it way down the chain

        This was inevitable with the system USA is built on top of, you only deny the inevitable by 4-8 years if democrats had won, preserving the status quo and begrudgingly agreeing to public protests to not suffer what essentially happened now. Which they failed, because they were begrudgingly doing so.

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          You’re correct, but in the end those same tankies are also the ones that want a fascist state because they’re basically a capitalist state on the brink of collapse – a good ground for revolution that tankies wish for.

          This is the dumbest shit ever and not what we believe. Y’all don’t ever listen to the things we actually say, you just make shit up and repeat it to each other until it becomes accepted as obviously true, regardless of any basis in reality.

          A fascist state is not “good ground for revolution.” There have been many far-right states that have successfully hunted down and exterminated the left and survived for quite a long while. And the conditions in the US are such that in an armed conflict the right would obviously have a major advantage. Should conditions decline, it’s far more likely that we’d have a right-wing revolution than a left-wing one.

          The problem is that conditions are declining under both Republicans and Democrats. Neither party offers any possibility of actually halting or reversing the decline, or averting any of the many, many crises, some of which are looming and some of which are actively happening. Liberals are fully content to accept this state of affairs for some reason - they just want a more gradual decline which will still lead to crises, the far-right gaining strength and power, and the complete extermination of the left and vulnerable populations. As long as that gets pushed back 5 or 10 years, perfectly acceptable to them, and worth sacrificing any attempts to actually fix the problems - which is what us “tankies” would prefer to happen.

          If I were an “accelerationist,” looking to bring about a fascist state on the bizarre logic that it would somehow be “good ground” for a left-wing revolution, then why would I have a problem with either side? Conditions will continue to decline regardless of whether a Democrat or Republican is in charge. What, am I just so impatient that I couldn’t wait a few more years? If that’s what I believed, I’d just disengage from politics and not give a shit what happens, confident in the fact that the inevitable decline will bring about socialism, somehow. Doesn’t really seem worth the effort.

          Unfortunately, this “accelerationist” concept doesn’t actually track with history. People have lived - and do, currently live in much, much worse conditions than we have in the US, often for generations. Slavery persisted for centuries, and yes there were slave revolts but they were often disorganized and put down. This idea that bad conditions automatically create successful left-wing revolutions makes no sense to anyone who’s actually capable of thinking beyond a meme level.

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            can you humor me as to answer these questions

            1. Do you support the 50501 movement?

            2. What is the general consensus in Lemmygrad/Hexbear on the actions taken by the liberals in rallies held by Sanders and AOC?

            3. Do you consider ending support for Israel to be step 1 for preventing the far right take over?

            4. Do you believe it is necessary for the EU to end their support to Ukraine, which you consider to be a US funded puppet state formed out of a coup, and make new deals with Russia against the US to combat rising fascism?

            5. What could be a possible path forward for the world to take, not for revolution but to quell far right ideology?

            6. Do you believe that EU is an obstacle for Revolution, or do you believe a similar system to EU without a neo-liberal platform to be ideal?

            7. Would you like to add on more about Tankies/Authleft that is generally misunderstood

            8. Would you like to talk about anything relevant about the previous questions that I missed, and is important to understanding the picture?

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        Liberals are controlled opposition, it’s simple political science 101.

        But what makes you think the Left will be any more successful ?

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      Both -parties- ARE equally terrible. They are all in on and define the bullshit system and both are 100% two halves of the same problem.

      TRUMP is a different story though. For one thing he is no more a Republican than he is a Democrat he is there to do whatever he thinks is best for him and that is it. He makes any Democrat I have ever seen look amazing in comparison. I generally vote Independent and even swore years ago that I would never vote for a D or R again without some insane change to something and I do still refuse to support either shit ass party in general. Trump is a different story though, he made me vote for a Democrat for the first time in my life. Even the normal terrible D and R bullshit looks amazing when you are watching Trump destroy the country.

      Note that there are good politicians who stand out from the actual party on both sides. I would vote for some if they made it to the election just for the fact that they have a cause and a vision to help people and even if I don’t like the means it is sure a hell of a lot better than the current state of affairs.

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      “Not just fascists, but also those who oppose fascism and are trying to build an alternative to fascism” got it.

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        lol y’all are over the circle jerking authoritarian states but yeah sure tell me more about what you’re doing to oppose facism in your daily life

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      This smug denialism is what got us Trump the first time around and it’s what got us Trump the second time as well. At least the guy acknowledges there’s a problem (even though his solutions are designed to make it worse). The Dems piss on your leg and tell you it’s raining. They dropped the ball by trying to play diet republican, and losing the election is on them.

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      They allowed racist, misogynistic fascism to take firm root, good luck weeding it out now.

      was that in the progressive era, when eugenics and fascism were the rage? the usa is fascist, and has been for all of living memory. blue-colored or red-colored isn’t less fascism.

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        One side is less facism than the other. Do you think the shitlibs would be juicing up ice like the trump admin?

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          obama ran on the famous deportation mantra si se puedes, and ran out of bombs killing brown people. just because you’re concerned about one facet, doesn’t make it less fascist

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      Oh yeah, they’re all over Lemmy.

      They will cheer on revolution, but not a single one of them would ever dream of making the first move.

      Their whole deal is picking up pet causes and then making snarky remarks from the sidelines.

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      The Dems are not one party, but factions. There are legit opposition members, but the party is controlled by the captured opposition faction. Their job was to give the illusion of choice and legitimate democracy while playing stupid as the fascists eroded all your rights. They never undid the harm republicans brought in even when they could.

      Legitimate dems were only permitted to give an aire of legitimacy to the whole dog and pony show. Yes voting matters, but the real battle was lost in the candidate selection within the DNC, where only the captured opposition are allowed to dominate.

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    When people call me a tankie ☺️

    I love how people just spew nonsense they know nothing about. It’s validating knowing I pissed them off lmfao 😇

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    I got banned from news for pointing out that if you don’t exist in the system you’re under no obligations to follow the laws.

    ie: if the government purposely kills you on paper you’re “legally dead”, and dead people can’t commit crimes.

    the exchange became so heated one of the snowflake mods removed my comments under “obvious troll is obvious” and banned me for being a troll.

    jokes on them, I was serious.

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    This place is a giant circle jerk. I mean, who’s going to actually mass downvote a mainstream approved opinion in a heavily moderated and biased forum LMAO 🤣

    Only thing that comes to mind is actually dissenting non approved opinions getting mass downvoted if not thoroughly silenced and banned

    Or ideological adjacent splitters casually/competitively infighting.

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        This one no, but many on Lemmy are. Easy to block the bad ones at least. But this isn’t some lefty paradise free of MAGA and the likes. They’re here alright… Remember, it’s a spectrum.

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          yes, some comms are more moderated. i have a hard time finding conservatives here, though. and when i do they are pretty heavily downvoted and told to fuck off. which is fine by me.

          the rightmost group represented on lemmy here seem to be liberals.

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    A ton of times it’s the hivemind. Posted a picture of a truck with a Nazi emblem(half panzer division skull and an SS logo) on my local sub. And at first it went up then someone said it was 75th ranger emblem. Hivemind bought it up without even so much as a quick Google search. And heavily ratio’d me. People are just stupid.

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        No, avoiding contention is why we’re in this mess and why the world is segregated again.

        But I’m not going to say “Go argue on the internet” I am going to tell everyone to get the fuck over their social issues and just TALK to the people in your life who hold shitty positions and are either dimwitted about politics, uninvolved or being brainwashed by social media. They can be turned, I do it ALL THE TIME and I feel like I’m the only fucking human left who doesn’t feel overwhelming fear engaging with another human ffs.

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    Self-satisfaction at stretching the definition of fascism.

    If you’re getting downvoted here where anti-fascism thrives, and you think it’s for criticizing fascism, then there’s probably something else going on (and you’re probably being an idiot).

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        No problem: sometimes we all need a reality check when we go tilting at windmills as is custom around here.

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      Edit: they claim they didn’t mean to criticize OP they are just bad at disambiguation of pronouns.

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        randomly criticize someone else over a meme

        Someone else or the meme? Are we getting worked up over generic you?

        The observation that perceived disapproval for “fighting fascists” around here may more often be someone deluding themselves, so the image rings false with self-delusion is a critique of the meme.

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          English better then, your phrasing is as if in direct response to a valid you, the op. There is no reason to suspect a generic you in that text on lemmy.

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            What did OP directly say or do in their post to direct a response to them rather than the image? All we have is their image in no particular context, an interpretation of the image, & a hypothetical statement I wrote?

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    me commenting on Linux usage in China got me downvoted. apparently censorship isn’t relevant to the conversation at all!! who woulda thought