Hi! In thinking about how to help the fediverse grow, I wonder if there are more mainstream Lemmy instances?

I’ve pointed a couple folks to Lemmy.world and it’s uhhh, pretty hard Left for them (as one girl, who volunteered for the Democrats said “I just got yelled at because I can’t be Left wing unless I want to destroy capitalism? Which feels weird.”) We’re much farther Left than reddit which itself was definitely Left of centre…

I don’t know if decentralized open source social media actually attracts many mainstreamers but assuming we want to grow the fediverse, I’d like to have somewhere I can point people to without feeling very nervous for them.

Thanks!

  • Lauchs@lemmy.worldOP
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    15 hours ago

    This is some incel logic.

    “Women won’t date me so I’ll call them bitches and sluts!”

    “People don’t vote for my side so I’ll say they’re enabling fascism!”

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        13 hours ago

        And the logic you’re using is very similar to an incel.

        That’s literally how analogies work, you compare similarities in unlike things, e.g., my cat snores like a chainsaw. She is not a chainsaw but has a comical similarity in one aspect, even if she can’t cut down a tree and does not use gas or electricity.

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      14 hours ago

      “People don’t vote for my side so I’ll say they’re enabling fascism!”

      iconic, I’ve been repeatedly told by liberals that because I voted third party that I’m essentially a trump voter.

      that wasn’t what was said though.

      they said that liberals created the material conditions for fascism. i.e. by suppressing the left and only offering up warmongering and genocide they created a situation where someone like trump could get elected. again.

      a fair number of the people who are on this platform are here specifically because oligarch-owned media sites heavily censor all left wing speech, and have done so for many years.

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        Lib shaming is for good reason as the US and most of the western world falls to fascism thanks to libs creating the material conditions for it.

        Presumably, there was an alternative group to vote for in primaries or however else this delightful person thinks change should happen. People did not do whatever they think should have happened and thus I will name call them.

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          There was a primary this time around and it was even more of a farce than usual. The party just straight up ignored all the people voting uncommitted, to all of our detriment.

          People did not do whatever they think should have happened and thus I will name call them.

          I don’t actually understand what this is saying.

          Either way this isn’t the place for a back and forth on this kind of thing, so I won’t be discussing the election further.

          To steer back to your original topic though, you seem accustomed to the type of censorship of the left that’s typical on Reddit. Many of the people that are here are specifically here because the left wing communities they were participating in were systematically removed from reddit.

          The reality is in a place like this sometimes you’re going to hear dissenting opinions, unless you’re very selective in your instance and only browse local.

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        a fair number of the people who are on this platform are here specifically because oligarch-owned media sites heavily censor all left wing speech, and have done so for many years.

        I got banned from every platform, and my account on lemmy.world was also banned.

        Capitalist owned platforms support fascists and ban anti capitalists, anti fascists, anti imperialists. We’re a threat to power and profit. Look at all the capitalists lining up to suck trumps mushroom cock right now. They’ll do whatever it takes to make a buck, whores are more honest than them.

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          I got banned from every platform, and my account on lemmy.world was also banned.

          Gee, from your comments on this post I could never imagine how that could happen.

          If everywhere you go people smell like shit, maybe you should check your shoes.

          I’d strongly suggest that the issue isn’t your beliefs, but that you’re about as abrasive as kissing the pavement at 75mph.

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              10 hours ago

              Everything I don’t like is Liberal: A Guide to Modern Lemmy Discourse

              More seriously, lives are not at stake in this particular comment section.

              Edit: and I never told you to stop, just that it’s abrasive as shit and likely why you’re being banned so damn much. Do with it what you will. I’m not your parents, the police, or your boss.