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-84 points

I was really hoping this wouldn’t be Reddit /r/politics but it seems like the infestation has begun. Might as well change the community name to Democrats and not politics if it’s going to be the same as Reddit. Otherwise let’s keep “politics” an actual balance of actual discussion and not an echo chamber.

If there’s a problem with my comment to you, you’re the problem. Nothing I said was offensive or bad.

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49 points

It’s almost like the majority of people are not republican.

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28 points

Your policies are murdering my friends and an entire gender while stripping away our rights at every chance you can get.

❄️ s: Why can’t I say anything without people telling me to eat my fascist shit!? I just want to be civil!

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-21 points

Your friends are killing themselves because you don’t want to give them the medical help they need, you are fully responsible for that and one day you’ll realize that

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Reality has a well known liberal bias.

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-45 points

Probably because anyone who had opposing thoughts are shunned as evil without any opportunity for civil discussion, so they vote in silence and don’t speak their opinions.

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27 points

So, you are saying these things are happening yet here you are speaking you opinion. You get to disagree with people just as people get to disagree with you. Say what you want, but understand there are consequences and you don’t get to dictate what those are if they make you feel bad.

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22 points

Honest question - do you think there are more conservatives than liberals in the US?

How do you think republican candidates would fare without gerrymandering and the current state of the electoral college?

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22 points

Grand ol persecution complex

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17 points

Go ahead. Tell us why you love having little access to childcare, healthcare, and worker’s rights.

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So what you’re saying is more popular opinions are probably more popular with the public… Hmmm.

Also, if you cared about karma on reddit and you care about karma on Lemmy… And both places hate republican policy… Maybe that’s a sign that their policies are literal fascist nationalist Christian shit that people don’t like. If you feel like your opinion is dragged through the mud everywhere but your dark corners and echo chambers… Maybe it belongs there lol.

What people are experiencing in the lifting of civil discussion because democrats know better now. Republicans don’t care about civil discussion and they weaponize hypocrisy like priests weaponize their dicks on choir boys mouths. Lol.

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11 points

There is no penalty for having an unpopular comment. It’s politics, most comments will be unpopular. I think the issue you are having is that the majority of people below the age of 65 lean liberal by a wide amount. Most Conservative views these days are hate-filled and or violent. That kind of talk doesn’t appeal to the wider population.

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Does that mean if we keep downloading downvoting you you’ll leave?

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1 point

ROFL!

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-26 points

Literally proving my point lol. Thanks I guess.

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-12 points

They love shooting themselves in the foot

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20 points

By all means feel free to post something to this community to generate the discussion you’re looking for Mike!

So far you’ve posted nothing, to any community.

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-19 points

“You haven’t spent your time posting to Lemmy how dare you!”

Ok….? This is the first time politics showed up on my feed, and looks like it’s going to be the last time. Just like r/politics

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16 points

You quoted something I didn’t say. If that’s the attitude and quality of discussion you’re looking to bring then by all means block this community from your Lemmy experience.

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19 points

…starts with a dizzying triple combo of ad hominem (democrats are infestations), straw-man (arguing that the commenters are bad instead of focusing on the article we’re commenting on), and association (all folks who disagree with me are bad).

…then demands fair and elevated discourse and complains when it’s not offered.

I might have been part of the problem in /r/politics, but your message leaves out the “treat others how you wish to be treated” lesson that is also frequently lacking in the policies of the states in the article.

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15 points

So why do you think health care, childcare and policies on discrimination are invalid metrics for evaluating quality of life, and with what would you replace them?

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Guns per capita, biggest fish caught, and hunting licenses allowed per year, most like.

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5 points

Oooo boooy, Alabama gets an extra Senate seat cuz Jimbo caught a monster catfish, with just his bare hands!

That’s the kind of leadership and intelligence we need around here. Atta boy Jimbo.

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3 points

biggest fish caught

Everyone lies about that so it’s not a reliable metric. I’d say fewest teeth per capita or just overall chewing tobacco sales.

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12 points

What do you want? Should people on the left not post here in the interest of balance? Maybe they can LARP as republicans so you don’t get triggered, would that help?

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-2 points

Maybe just stick to posting things of a higher quality than just circle jerking democrats?

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12 points

Lol get down off the cross

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11 points

Not sure what kind of discussion you’re wanting to see, but I feel like a lot of current discussion that would be considered non-left-biased is over things like “do trans people deserve to exist?” and I don’t think those are discussions worth having.

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10 points

How do you suppose we have political conversation without pointing out the flaws relating to the party in charge?

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-21 points

Why is it that only one parties flaws are ever discussed and never the other ones?

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16 points

Cool way to avoid the question with another question. Very engaging.

This is why people shouldn’t engage with people like you. Don’t act surprised when you’re simply ignored by rational people in the future.

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15 points

If you think a party has flaws which aren’t being discussed, then discuss them. Stop whining about a flaw not being discussed and make a post about that flaw. That’s how discussion happens.

People will read your evidence and analysis of the flaw and upvote you if they agree or downvote you if they disagree. They will not upvote or downvote you and ignore the post if they want to shun your opinion.

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6 points

I was really hoping this wouldn’t be Reddit /r/politics but it seems like the infestation has begun.

Yes, we’ve already seen an influx of conservatives that whine that everywhere isn’t stomfront-y enough for their liking.

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I’m not the only one who noticed this right? It feels like every comment section is turning into conservatives complaining

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3 points

Thanks for letting me know I’m not alone. They’re doing what they do with every platform: preemptively whining that it’s so unfair that bigotry isn’t treated with fawning worship in the hopes that if they gripe frequently enough, the mods will internalize it and start protecting bigotry under the guise of civility.

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5 points

We have plenty of comments for all sides of the political spectrum here. The only things that get removed are calls for violence, hate, or comments that are not civil toward community members.

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-5 points

Interesting how the constant slanderous accusations of fascism being thrown around don’t qualify as “not civil”

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Do you think that it might be that logic and reason have a liberal bias? I mean, it’s not a big stretch to think that racism, bigotry, misogyny, and xenophobia might find itself at odds with those on the rational side of arguments.

It also will always amuse me when people whine about “liberal bias” when what they mean is- self-awareness and non-judgmental observation.

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1 point

Don’t you assholes have Twitter and Truth to go whine and cry on?

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-7 points

I’m extremely left leaning, pretty much all of the top voted replies to you are ridiculous. Clearly this is already an echo chamber

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-13 points

They are paid to spread propaganda and hate and bring back racism, otherwise they couldn’t sell you their “cure”, you’ll never get rid of parasites

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2 points

They are paid to spread propaganda

Paid by whom?

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2 points

They are not paid, they have been groomed to think their point of view is the majority. It’s not.

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-29 points

I’m still deciding if I should block this community.

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12 points

You have to remember you’re interacting with people from around the world, and people who skew ‘younger-than-boomer’.

Given both of those things, a general left leaning bias should be expected.

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-14 points

I have a general left leaning bias. r/politics was a whole other level. I try to avoid the loonies from either side.

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