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People who think Lemmy is too political and refuse to join is good. (beehaw.org)
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Look at here and the people who complain about it being too hard to figure out are the ones complaining about "I can't use muh slurs, this is awful."

"The left of today is very much in favour of censorship to avoid “harm.” This makes those of us in the middle very wary of signing up to any partisan media." /u/decidedlysticky23

/u/misshapensteed claims he isn't far right, but explictly only posts on PoliticalCompassMemes and TheLeftCantMeme and KotakuInAction.

If they are too stupid to figure out we know they're lying, they're too stupid to figure out lemmy.

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[–] DJDarren@beehaw.org 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Everything is inherently political. If anyone thinks it isn't, it's just because the politics favour them.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is true, politics is not something distinct which can be considered separate from or optionally added to society, culture or economics, although Lemmy is also explicitly political. That might be more what I intended to say.

(The real kicker is realizing that abstaining is not politically neutral.)

[–] OverfedRaccoon@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I think 2020 made a lot of "neutral" people realize that not taking a stand on certain things is picking a side, so to speak, on certain issues.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Very true. A good phrase is "the personal is political". Politics refers to organization, power, and decision-making, and so much of our lives is determined by decisions outside our control.