I’m done, I’ve been banned for expressing a different opinion (without insulting or personally attacking anyone), I’ve been accused of evading a ban with multiple accounts (this is my only account I’ve ever had on any lemmy instance), I’ve had people selectively ignore my comments and accuse me of things which I never said, and I’ve had people ignore valid criticisms and keep attacking me.
Reddit has many issues with trolls, one-sided discussion, and just general bullshit, but many Lemmy instances are way worse. The newfound freedom of Lemmy has attracted many extremists, from both sides, and many of them are moderators, who are more than happy to remove any contrarian opinions. This results in discussions being echo chambers
Step 1: go to a trans instance.
Step 2: Tell them that the supporters of a party that wants to erradicate them aren’t so bad.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Whine about how they banned you.
Read the room smart guy. It ain’t a site wide ban anyhow.
Not at all what i said here or in the post. I speak from experience on this, there are a lot of people being influenced by the extremists that can still be communicated with. This attitude is exactly what i’m referring to as well. You put them all under the same umbrella, which, if we keep doing this, will only make the problems for people on both sides worse.
I don’t mind the ban much, I can just make another account. But I think it is representative of an issue larger than Lemmy.
This is what I imagine American politics discussion online looks like.
There are just NO nuance. Not even a little bit. Too many extremists on ALL sides.