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Is there a "normie" or more mainstream instance for Lemmy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

When did I suggest that would be a leftist? Maybe reread. Specifically the end.

He may hold left opinions on LGBTQ+ issues but hold completely contracting, non left wing opinions elsewhere. We can be sure that's true. He's certainly not a leftist, and likely not a left wing voter either.

Ultimately I'd highlight that you are doing the.thing: you are purity testing very broad language in a completely useless way

To be hyper clear for you:

Left WING is not leftIST

LeftIST is left WING

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

To be hyper clear for you:

Left WING is not leftIST

LeftIST is left WING

Whether -ist or -wing doesn't matter both still contain the word "left", don't they? Therefore, they are either anti-capitalist, or they're confused. And, yes, much of US politics is terribly confused. The moderate left, in the US, begins with AOC and Bernie, both solid socdems, radical is far a ways off. The Democrat establishment, by and large, supports the oligarchy, they don't even begin to be on the left.

Don't expect lefties from elsewhere to play into that confusion.