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Politically "neutral" instances? (lemmy.world)

submitted 14 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As I’ve used Lemmy, I’ve discovered just how politically charged it can be. This is likely just due to the nature of the software and the types of people that tend to care about it, but I’d like to avoid associating with radicals, both left and right. As such, I want to make a new account on a new general-purpose instance. I can speak German, so I was thinking feddit.org or lemmy.at, but I know nothing about them. What do you suggest?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Reality isn't politically neutral. Most niche communities are pretty apolitical but if you want to interact with news communities you'll be out of luck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

By definition, reality is neutral. Human perception of reality however, is not.

I know it's semantics, but still, it's an important distinction

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Let me better phrase that. Communication of news cannot be done in an unbiased and neutral manner - how you state things and what points you deem relevant to include will vary on your political leaning.

A classic example of this is a headline like "Mexican man murders two." The choice of which adjectives to include in identifying someone is influenced by politics and we'll often, rightfully, call out right wing news outlets that emphasize race or immigration status when discussing an event.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

That's a fair phrasing. And I have no idea what that other guy is talking about.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter, Kaboom wins.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

I don't follow your comment. Come again?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago

Given that one side of the political spectrum has become staunchly against many aspects of reality, I disagree with your premise.