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No, I've been banned because some liberals on Lemmy think there's only one acceptable way to live. And it's their way.
The same people who preach about “diversity,” “tolerance,” and “open dialogue” are often the ones who shut down opposing views. I’ve been banned just for posting news articles that lean conservative, and in some cases, people assumed I was someone else entirely.
A lot of users think I’m a guy called Universal Monk, even though I looked him up and he’s actually a socialist—and not even banned from Lemmy. He still posts on Lemmy, yet they think I am him. But with a different name, political slant, and interests. Ok...
Anyway, because some users think I’m him, and disagree with his views, they ban me. Feel free to right-click my name and see "moderation history." You'll see all my bans are because they think am an alt of "UM." I'm not, but meh, it's fucking Lemmy, so it is what it is. :)
Even though I’ve never advocated violence, never pushed intolerance, and only post content to relevant communities. I’ve even been banned from non-political communities just because I posted conservative news in conservative spaces. That’s literally banning someone for posting appropriate content where it belongs. They are looking my post history up, decide that since i post conservative news articles to conservative news communities, that I must be evil and ban-worthy. lol
It’s hypocritical. The very behavior liberals accuse conservatives of—intolerance, censorship, gatekeeping—they’re guilty of doing themselves, especially on Lemmy.
I'm just clarifying for my argument though. In the end, none of this matters in the real world. And it doesn't really bother me that much.
This is just an online forum that other people seem to take way too seriously though.
Same kind of mindset I think these protesters are in. They are taking shit way too personally. As in, "Hey I hate Trump. Trump likes Musk. Here's a Tesla. Let's fuck it up!" It's cringe and stupid.
What if republicans started fucking up cars that had a "Harris" bumper sticker on it? Would that be celebrated? lol
Probably wouldn't be celebrated, but they protestors and any backers/supporters.allies let the world know that republicans were doing that, with multiples news articles posts, and news stories social media posts how bad the republicans were to their cars.
The protesters probably would look at it as some form of drastic nazism, which is dangerous for minority groups and respond as such. And, these protesters are protesting over individual rights compared to the republicans appearing to be..: advocating for suppressing certain individuals rights?
Meh, I think Lemmy would celebrate. Look at how much they celebrate Luigi. And that dude committed murder!
But back to subject of article, I think these protestors who get caught, pretty much regret their choice immediately.
I protested something when I was in college. I was protesting them shutting down a diversity program that I was actually co-lead of. I 100 percent expected to get arrested for it and even had plans for my mugshot. lol
Nothing happened tho. No arrest. And the program wasn't saved. My point being, if you are gonna do something like this, then proudly take the heat. Don't hide your face and say you were just going through a rough time like this woman did.
I do suspect they regretted it, but some of them probally finds ways to get out early, sometimes legal systems will literally hand certain prosecuted criminals ways out. What got you to change, or had you changed from supporting those diversity program? If you were protesting for them shutting it down. Or are you a conservative person that support these diversity programs. Or is it a completely different type of diversity programs then what we're talking about with todays politics?
I haven't changed at all. I still support diversity. Many conservatives support diversity. There are conservatives of all colors. My neighbors are black and they all love Trump. I'm bi-racial myself.
Who was removing the diversity programs? Or trying to back then? Oh I get it now, you support diversity but not the equity and inclusion. I knew there was probably something.
It was just budget cuts.
I have no issues with equity/inclusion. It should all be wrapped under diversity.
Conservatives are for that? Had no idea the right supported diversity equit and inclusion.
What do you mean that it should be wrapped on diversity. Does that make any changs to dei?
I'm saying that diversity wraps up the the entirety of DEI. It's all the same thing in modern context. If you support diversity, then that means you support equity and inclusion. If you didn't, then you wouldn't be accepting diversity.
And yes, regardless of the narrative that Lemmy likes to put out there, most conservatives are not against diversity. LIke I said, there are many diverse conservatives. Minorities, gay, etc.
Did you think that only straight white guys were conservative?
I know for a fact that an amount of conservatives follow the Christian Bible. 10 commandments, literally tells them what to do and not to do and they take the whole thing so seriously.
I'm not one of those that pull the straight white guy card believe it or not. I mostly look at the policies, and goals specifically of a said party. COmbined with the goals of a said administration.
And I know for a fact that an amount of liberals follow the Christian Bible. 10 commandments, literally tells them what to do and not to do and they take the whole thing so seriously.
And plenty of liberals are muslim, baha'i, jewish, orthodox, Buddhist, etc.
What about all the atheist conservatives? Or the Buddhist conservatives. Or the gay conservatives. Or the black conservatives. Or the indian conservatives, etc. How would you explain that if all conservatives are just christians who only follow the bible?! lol
You're young. You haven't even seen close to much of the real world yet. You're getting most of your info from Lemmy, Reddit, and streamers. That's just not reflective of most of the US.
Which is why Trump won, and you all were so surprised. Because you just don't know how most of the US really is.
It's just like when Luigi shot the healthcare exec. If you followed and believed Lemmy, you'd think the whole world was gonna rise up and stand against healthcare and rich people!!
It didn't happen. LMAO There was no revolution. There will be no revolution. Lemmy is just not representative of reality. So when Lemmy is telling you that all conservatives are against DEI, they're wrong. And sometimes just outright lying to sway people like you.
I'm not here to change your mind on shit. Just do your own research. Listen to different news programs, both liberal AND conservative.
If you listen to both, and stay in the middle, you'll realise a lot of the misinformation is put out the to make sure people don't agree. lol.
What does being black or Indian ad etc have to do with being conservative, you keep merging race into it when I didn't mention that in this context.
And, no no, I do have a point with Christianity that logically ties with our conversation, I didn't just say this ignorantly. And that is, conservatives use a specific translation of the Bible to censor gay people and trans people. Bodittle, is a popular conservative, and traditional values content creator known for doing this. Among many others. They are known for doing this, this isn't just going off of just what Lemmy says.
So when I or anyone hears of a conservative supports all three forms of dei, it's hard to believe. Because the right, which includes conservatives, are some of the worse offenders that go against diversity equity and inclusion. Inclusion by itself they are probably fine with that but I know they couldn't stand equity. The right had a whole problem with that and was literally blasting about that everywhere they could the lat 4 years. It was so out in the open, that it's almost like how do you not figure that the right was against dei?