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Gotta admit, I'm a little disappointed (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/watchtheright@lemmy.world
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About a week now since I joined Lemmy. It seemed to me at first that place like this, where the tech knowledge prerequisites are a little higher than Reddit or Twitter, and being a lot of Reddit refugees, would be a bit of a liberal haven.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against discourse, although these days that is trying at best. But, in the last few days I've been running into a lot of bullshit MAGA style nonsense on Lemmy.

And, I gotta say, that's a bit disappointing.

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[–] [S] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Definitely no stranger to calling them out.

What are the rules like around here? I need to know how rude I'm allowed to be

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Edit: you’re on lemmy.world, who is already blocking many maga instances… I would just message admins whenever you see new toxic instances and they can add them to the blocked list

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Right, right. But, like, let's say, hypothetically speaking, I wanted to be rude to them. Hypothetically, how rude can you be?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I mean, don't get me wrong I would love to be vindictively rude to these guys as a sort of catharsis. But, I always wonder what good it actually does. They have a worldview in which they are the main characters and everyone is against them and their in-group. They want you to be an asshole to them because it strengthens their victimhood complexes.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I figure, in this community, as soon as a MAGAt pops their head up, it's an insta-ban. I have to deal with them in daily life enough as it is. They do set me off. Like, instant rage. Which really isn't healthy. I try to keep a handle on it and not engage.

    Shouldn't be a problem here. This isn't really going to be a place for debate, or both sidesism, or anything.

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