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I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.

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[–] Jimbo@yiffit.net 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Uh yeah, people around here don't tend to accept bigotry. Anybody who espouses racism/homophobia can get out. Which happens to be most conservatives. It's not about being a conservative. It's about being a piece of human shit.

[–] bbmb@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Even as I'm on the more left end, I'd say not all conservatives or right-leaning people are racist homophobic bigots, though. If anything, I'd say a sizable portion have a right-leaning non-discriminatory worldview, mainly economic.

Admittedly, as much as I'm preferring the fediverse, it is definitely an echo chamber, Lemmy included.

[–] twelvefloatinghands@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Lowering taxes for the rich and cutting social services does not tend to have good results.

Right-leaning economics does not make sense to me at all, beyond the emotional hook of "government stealing your hard earned money to give to lazy poor people on welfare".

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

But they still vote for homophobic bigots. If you sit at a dinner table with Nazis, what does that make you?

[–] freeindv@monyet.cc -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice bigoted comment proving his point!

[–] Catfish@lemmygrad.ml -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

shut up loser

[–] freeindv@monyet.cc -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another one!

[–] Catfish@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 1 year ago

I'm not going to pretend that your anti-social values have merit just because you think they do. Even putting on the veil of politeness is too much validation for your childish ideas.