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I'm done, I've been banned for expressing a different opinion (without insulting or personally attacking anyone), I've been accused of evading a ban with multiple accounts (this is my only account I've ever had on any lemmy instance), I've had people selectively ignore my comments and accuse me of things which I never said, and I've had people ignore valid criticisms and keep attacking me.

Reddit has many issues with trolls, one-sided discussion, and just general bullshit, but many Lemmy instances are way worse. The newfound freedom of Lemmy has attracted many extremists, from both sides, and many of them are moderators, who are more than happy to remove any contrarian opinions. This results in discussions being echo chambers

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[–] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I honesty can’t wait until all of you collectively shut up after the election is over. This happens every four years with Socialists/Marxists/Communists.

Every election year it’s constant whining, bad faith bullshit, and temper tantrums over sensationalized rhetoric.

After the election, it’s like suddenly- you all go find something else to whine about elsewhere. In 2016, and 2020, it was the Bernie Bros. You all VANISHED after both elections. No movements to make change, no grassroot movements… nothing.

… just vapor.

You won’t make change because you can’t be bothered to actually DO anything. And come November- poof!

[–] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

vanished

Yeah, the Kremlin stopped paying them.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't conflict these idiots with the entire left wing of the party. They are not representative, just loud.

[–] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world -5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And yet, despite being a minor part of a minor wing moderates and people like you will place Biden's loss squarely on our shoulders. Surely you see the ridiculousness there yes? The moderates as a majority voting block assume none of the responsibility when a candidate they chose in the primaries loses.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago

If they do, then they will be full of shit. Am I supposed to use that as an excuse to act like an idiot?

If you have change that you want to see in this country (as you should) then it's on you to get organized and build support. You don't get change by driving people away, which is exactly what your kind of toxic politics does.

Look what happened to the far right. They got exactly what they wanted on abortion, and now they are fucked. Instead of doing the hard work of building grass roots support, they went the authoritarian route. Republicans haven't had a good cycle ever since, with the far right doing even worse.