I’m a conservative. I don’t mind the liberal stuff here. It’s good to learn the other side, but I don’t want a liberal echo chamber. I’d like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?

  • Tetra@kbin.social
    2115·
    11 months ago

    Isn’t that just a fancy way of saying “I want more lies, ignorance and hate sprinkled in”?

    “More politically balanced” lol

      • src@lemmy.mlEnglish
        51·
        11 months ago

        It’s sad that you’re getting down voted for this, because you’re absolutely right. These lemmy communities are already turning out to be a left-leaning echo chamber, this thread is a perfect example. Any opinion that differs from the left is blocked or downvoted or argued against endlessly.

        OP asks a completely reasonable question in good faith, and hundreds of people come to attack him for thinking differently than they do.

        People straight up mock him for no reason. The left loves to paint the right as being hateful, but I’m only seeing the left being hateful on here.

    • CheshireSnake@lemdit.comEnglish
      1413·
      11 months ago

      So anyone who doesn’t subscribe to everything you believe in or agree with are liars, ignorant, and hateful? Discussions and debate can be healthy.

      • BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
        143·
        11 months ago

        Ever been on a conservative subreddit? No matter how open minded you are, you can’t overlook how they don’t even care to spread misinformation.

        • src@lemmy.mlEnglish
          64·
          11 months ago

          The exact same thing can be said for liberal communities. It becomes a hivemind where dissenting opinions are not allowed.

          Take the Hunter Biden laptop story for instance. So many websites and communities outright banned it from being discussed or posted because they didn’t like the optics of it. Facebook banned it, the top subs on reddit banned it.

          Only very recently has CNN decided to treat it as news, after lying about it constantly on air for months saying it was fake. That’s censorship of information. The left regularly spread misinformation like “the laptop story is a Russian hoax”.

          Both sides do this.

        • CheshireSnake@lemdit.comEnglish
          65·
          11 months ago

          Yeah. I have. Echo chambers. Hated them.

          But the OP seems to be open-minded based on this post. If he is (or at least tries to be), then I don’t see a reason why we should just criticize his politics without just cause. If he eventually proves to be a troll or breaks rules then maybe the admins can ban him.

          It’s hard to generalize. There are assholes from all political spectrums, even though there may be more in others.

          Edit: if I’m not mistaken, I think it was Voat I checked out last? I really can’t remember but this isn’t the first time I tried leaving reddit. This is the most successful attempt yet, though. I also inadvertently joined a Q group/channel on Telegram. Lmao.

        • sphericth0r@kbin.social
          59·
          11 months ago

          Yes, and I find them indistinguishable from liberal subreddits. The echo chambers are pretty easy to find…

      • arefx@lemmy.ml
        42·
        11 months ago

        I mean there’s no reason in debating a liar, it’s lose lose.