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I like how the Fediverse is largely left. The other site had too much right-wing noise. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know, I get it. Echo chambers are bad m'kay?

But hear me out. Most of the interactions I had on there were essentially me fighting against the news for about 11 years. Most of the people I argued with were reactionary and repeated everything on TV. It was frustrating and it was awful.

I gained little insight into what was going on by interacting with them, and in retrospect, I could've been no better off here. And honestly, I feel less on edge about current affairs being around people who get it. I'm one degree removed from crazy.

I'm glad there are spaces on the web where I can get away from all of that nonsense. So, I guess, in a sense, thank you for being here.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

It’s informative to drink in how much the right parrots one another without discussion. You learn the bylines. You learn the “it’s because…”, and the “what about”s.

There’s no discussion. No argument. No inkling that Trump could, maybe, possibly, slightly? be wrong about anything, so there’s no discussion. Only repeat statements numbering like images in an infinity mirror.

And it quickly turns into no discussion with you. Statements start with: I know you don’t like (guns) but…

Actually I own….

But I own a…

Are you listening…

No, you hate guns.

And so on. It’s more than a little horrifying.

The left has its problems, but when you throw a bunch of cats in a big bag together and tell them to be nice it’s at least varied, interesting, and a bit unpredictable. There’s room for discussion, always, and everyone on the left can be wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 hours ago

Yup, on Lemmy I often hear substantiated points that I hadn't considered. I've gone into rabbit holes because someone linked to an analysis about a conflict, I've gained terminology I didn't know that I didn't know, found the reason why some events may be happening, like with Trumplethinskin's enigmatic inner machinations of his mind, and so many other little things. It's kinda nice.