sethw comments on Unlike previous attempts at trying reddit alternatives (like Voat), kbin and much of the lemmyverse doesn’t seem to be plagued with extreme far right buffoonery.

Unlike previous attempts at trying reddit alternatives (like Voat), kbin and much of the lemmyverse doesn’t seem to be plagued with extreme far right buffoonery. (kbin.social)

submitted 3 years ago* by ferallettuce@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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It’s one thing to have differing views, but I’ve seen enough attempted reddit migrations to be relieved that the popular communities in the fediverse so far haven’t been about crazy racist stuff or other extreme right bullshit.

I am also glad that I’m getting away from reddit’s general political shitposting, which was more left leaning. You couldn’t have any proper discourse on there, and even I with my generally more left leaning views recognized that.

[–] sethw@kbin.social 66 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

fascism doesnt play fair in the marketplace of ideas, if you invite a nazi to sit at your table you've made it a nazi table. free speech is necessary and important, but we still draw lines for things like defamation and hate speech. another line is not offering a platform to fascists, they arent entitled to a seat at the table to spread fud.

you're like "but i'm not a nazi" , great, let's keep it that way.

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[–] siuvhne@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

how did this discussion devolve into Nazis? I'm afraid you're probably part of the problem.

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[–] EvilColeslaw@kbin.social 32 points 3 years ago (1 child)

extreme far right buffoonery

Like the title said, it basically started off with Nazism. No devolution of discussion required.

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[–] siuvhne@kbin.social 15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Thank you for calling that out.

I may have misunderstood the intent of the post. sometimes I skim without meaning to.

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[–] beefcat@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago

Importantly, "free speech" is about government, not privately owned spaces.

We believe the government should not be given the power to censor speech, because people are born into it without a choice. Governments could use this power nefariously, and their citizens would have no meaningful recourse.

Nobody is born into Reddit or kbin or Lemmy. If someone doesn't like the rules of a given instance, they are welcome to leave and free themselves of this burden.

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