โฒ 95 โผ What are the taboo subjects? (leminal.space) submitted 2 years ago by infinite_ass@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 223 comments fedilink hide all child comments The subjects that you can't even bring up without getting downvoted, banned, fired, expelled, cancelled etc.
[โ] random@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 years ago (6 children) gun rights permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [โ] _MusicJunkie@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (5 children) Is it though? As long as one is relatively reasonable. There's even gun communities here, even if they're pretty dead at the moment. Time for me to come up with some memes maybe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [โ] random@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (4 children) I guess so, it's just that if I say I support the right to own a gun, I get downvoted in most communities permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, in heavily left-wing spaces guns give people the wigglies. Even if it's not rights, the general fact we live in a world with them is something people try to memory hole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You and I define "heavily left-wing" quite differently then. The far-left has always supported gun rights and armed struggle. It's the political centre and parts of the right that are blanket anti-gun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago We probably do. Far-left spaces are their own thing, and are almost always labeled as such since it's a tiny, insular group. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] KuraiWolfGaming@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago Happened to me once. Nearly killed my desire to discuss firearms here on Lemmy. Not sure if this is true, but I feel that most people on Lemmy are likely anti-gun. Maybe the more liberal mindset of many people in the wider open source community has some part in it. Either way, I just want to dispel all the false claims about guns and their ownership. And some don't want to hear it. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] _MusicJunkie@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (5 children) Is it though? As long as one is relatively reasonable. There's even gun communities here, even if they're pretty dead at the moment. Time for me to come up with some memes maybe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [โ] random@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (4 children) I guess so, it's just that if I say I support the right to own a gun, I get downvoted in most communities permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, in heavily left-wing spaces guns give people the wigglies. Even if it's not rights, the general fact we live in a world with them is something people try to memory hole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You and I define "heavily left-wing" quite differently then. The far-left has always supported gun rights and armed struggle. It's the political centre and parts of the right that are blanket anti-gun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago We probably do. Far-left spaces are their own thing, and are almost always labeled as such since it's a tiny, insular group. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] KuraiWolfGaming@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago Happened to me once. Nearly killed my desire to discuss firearms here on Lemmy. Not sure if this is true, but I feel that most people on Lemmy are likely anti-gun. Maybe the more liberal mindset of many people in the wider open source community has some part in it. Either way, I just want to dispel all the false claims about guns and their ownership. And some don't want to hear it. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] random@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (4 children) I guess so, it's just that if I say I support the right to own a gun, I get downvoted in most communities permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, in heavily left-wing spaces guns give people the wigglies. Even if it's not rights, the general fact we live in a world with them is something people try to memory hole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You and I define "heavily left-wing" quite differently then. The far-left has always supported gun rights and armed struggle. It's the political centre and parts of the right that are blanket anti-gun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago We probably do. Far-left spaces are their own thing, and are almost always labeled as such since it's a tiny, insular group. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] KuraiWolfGaming@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago Happened to me once. Nearly killed my desire to discuss firearms here on Lemmy. Not sure if this is true, but I feel that most people on Lemmy are likely anti-gun. Maybe the more liberal mindset of many people in the wider open source community has some part in it. Either way, I just want to dispel all the false claims about guns and their ownership. And some don't want to hear it. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, in heavily left-wing spaces guns give people the wigglies. Even if it's not rights, the general fact we live in a world with them is something people try to memory hole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You and I define "heavily left-wing" quite differently then. The far-left has always supported gun rights and armed struggle. It's the political centre and parts of the right that are blanket anti-gun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago We probably do. Far-left spaces are their own thing, and are almost always labeled as such since it's a tiny, insular group. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You and I define "heavily left-wing" quite differently then. The far-left has always supported gun rights and armed struggle. It's the political centre and parts of the right that are blanket anti-gun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago We probably do. Far-left spaces are their own thing, and are almost always labeled as such since it's a tiny, insular group. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago We probably do. Far-left spaces are their own thing, and are almost always labeled as such since it's a tiny, insular group. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] KuraiWolfGaming@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago Happened to me once. Nearly killed my desire to discuss firearms here on Lemmy. Not sure if this is true, but I feel that most people on Lemmy are likely anti-gun. Maybe the more liberal mindset of many people in the wider open source community has some part in it. Either way, I just want to dispel all the false claims about guns and their ownership. And some don't want to hear it. permalink fedilink source parent