• asqapro@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’ve only seen it mentioned a few places, but I saw people complaining about Lemmy in general being too leftist / communist. I don’t know if that’s true, and I don’t think it matters either way, but that’s the “drama” that I’ve seen.

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      1 year ago

      Seems to be people upset about non-mainstream takes on the Russia/Ukraine war and China Uyghur stuff from what I’ve seen.

      I’m sure they were equally concerned and principled when it came to the political views of the Reddit admins.

      • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I’m sure they were equally concerned and principled when it came to the political views of the Reddit admins

        Thank you - I didn’t see that coming and it’s downright hilarious!

      • Parsnip8904@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        Hey person!

        To be honest I really hated how if I criticized something about America I would sometimes have tons of people chiming in how everyone hates on America or how if you expressed any kind of view regarding how the ultra capitalistic (maybe not even that but monopolies protected by lobbying?) stuff has fucked people over you would be called a dirty commie or how if you expressed how fucked up is that USA supported coups for fucking bananas you get called out for not supporting freedom, and the list goes on.

        Unfortunately it seems like at least on lemmy.ml or lemmygrad it seems like the positions have shifted to the other extreme where you’re an orientalist (I’m from the Orient lol) if you criticize China or how bad things that China/Russia do are just western propoganda (I consume plenty of non-western media too).

        Honestly it just sucks that people want to pick a side and basically defend it to death without really caring about connecting with actual people. Like really talk to someone, try to see what struggles and problems they’re facing and try to communicate what are your concerns.

        At least beehaw seems to be better than most communities I have been a part of.