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Lemmy is populated by far left Americans who were banned from Reddit for extremism. Strict ideological conformity is required or youโ€™ll get actual death threats. Donโ€™t go there unless you want violent communist revolution and hate discussing interesting ideas.

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[โ€“] casmael@lemm.ee 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ahh yes letโ€™s discuss fringe radical far left views like โ€˜letโ€™s not kill all the poor peopleโ€™ and โ€˜the state has a duty to protect its citizenryโ€™ yes, dangerously radical.

[โ€“] taladar@sh.itjust.works 18 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

And radical economic ideas like "buy stuff from companies in your own country" or "don't buy stuff from companies in a country that is in the process of severing trade ties with your country".

[โ€“] casmael@lemm.ee 9 points 23 hours ago

Wow thatโ€™s so radical how can you believe such fringe far left talking points

[โ€“] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago

If you think genocide is bad, you're a communist!

No shit though, the most rabid anti-communists literally thought like that. Like J. Edgar Hoover, the reichminister of the FBI straight up said shit in his book

"The Party (CPUSA) has operated hundreds of major fronts in practically every field of Party agitation: 'peace,' civil rights, protection of the foreign-born, support for (political) 'victims,' abolition of H-bomb tests, exploitation of nationality and minority groups."

Literally saying if you were against shit like Jim crow segregation or having paid vacation days at your job you were literally taking your marching orders from the USSR.

That's how out of touch with humanity they are. If you aren't trying to inflict the maximum amount of human suffering with your every breath you're their enemy.

[โ€“] flamingos@feddit.uk 163 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] MBech@feddit.dk 72 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's not my fault a lot of like-minded people also thought "Fuck Reddit". If they want more liberal or conservative people on Lemmy they're welcome as long as they follow the rules. Problem is that liberal or conservative people don't really mind the stuff happening on Reddit, so why would they?

[โ€“] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's not like right wingers have never fucked off and built their own "free speech" social media sites, with blackjack, and hookers.

Oh wait they do it all the fucking time. They're just mad we figured out we can play their game too.

They're also mad it makes it obvious that there are more of us than there are of them, since they get filtered into their own little defederated silos on Lemmy. They hate reality's well-known liberal bias.

[โ€“] Rhaedas@fedia.io 17 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I always thought I was liberal. Why am I here? Maybe the labels have shifted around and I've held on to the same ideas?

I just find it weird when people group liberal and conservative in the same bucket. Labels are about as dangerous as parties, they muddy the discussion.

[โ€“] Telorand@reddthat.com 24 points 1 day ago (6 children)

"Liberal" is not a useful word, imo. It means different things to different people. Hexbear users define it in the sense of neoliberalism, a historically right position. To many it means "progressive." To others, it means "somewhere on the left, and I don't care to put myself into a particular box."

If we'd quit shitting on people who call themselves "liberal," we might actually have a more cohesive coalition, rather than rejecting anyone for the tiniest perceived infraction, real or imagined.

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[โ€“] obvs@lemmy.world 88 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I haven't been banned from Reddit.

I want Lemmy to succeed because I want to interact more with people who are not from the U.S., and I don't want to use platforms from the people who were sitting behind him on inauguration day.

Since Elon feels that he can interfere in Reddit and since Reddit seems open to letting that happen, that's a good sign to me that I should limit my use of Reddit and should use alternatives instead. Lemmy seems to be the most Reddit-like of those alternative platforms, so here I am.

[โ€“] Blaze@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago

Thank you for being with us

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[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 74 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

Far left extremists banned for their extremist views such as

  • Encouraging punching Nazis/fascists
  • Believing Palestinians deserve to live
  • Discussing Super Mario Bros.
  • Upvoting
[โ€“] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Donโ€™t forget talking about which Linux distribution is the best.

[โ€“] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Literally Stalin!

[โ€“] whaleross@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I have been banned from subreddits for making fun of nazis, including banter with somebody that self identified as a national socialist. The extremism is beyond acceptable. Bring the clutching pearls.

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[โ€“] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Iโ€™m:

  • Not American
  • Not far-left (certainly heaps far away from โ€œrightโ€ tho)
  • Not banned from Reddit

Guess Iโ€™m not here, the more ya know

[โ€“] Lumidaub@feddit.org 17 points 1 day ago

We can be not here together.

[โ€“] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

That's wrong I'll kill you

[โ€“] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

there are no (populated) instances which arenโ€™t far left American politics

Imagine thinking .world or .ee are "far left" instances lmao what level of nazism is this doofus on?

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[โ€“] D61@hexbear.net 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Donโ€™t go there unless you want violent communist revolution

I mean, it doesn't have to be violent but beggars can't be choosers.

[โ€“] SockOlm@hexbear.net 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"The very concept of "revolutionary violence" is somewhat falsely cast, since most of the violence comes from those who attempt to prevent reform, not from those struggling for reform. By focusing on the violent rebellions of the downtrodden, we overlook the much greater repressive force and violence utilized by the ruling oligarchs to maintain the status quo, including armed attacks against peaceful demonstrations, mass arrests, torture, destruction of opposition organizations, suppression of dissident publications, death squad assassinations, the extermination of whole villages, and the like."

- parenti-hands

[โ€“] happybadger@hexbear.net 26 points 1 day ago

There were two โ€œReigns of Terror,โ€ if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the โ€œhorrorsโ€ of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terrorโ€”that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.

  • Mark Twain
[โ€“] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago

Also violence got us civil rights and the 5 day work week

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[โ€“] Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I may be far left, but i'm sure i'm not American!

[โ€“] taladar@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What about those of us who are just average leftists in other countries but far left by American standards?

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I just left Reddit because I have principles..

[โ€“] RedSnt@feddit.dk 32 points 1 day ago (5 children)

As a Dane myself, whenever I see someone claiming to be Danish with takes like this, I feel like investigating, and what a curious account indeed. The account is a little over 5 weeks old, yet they've posted so incredibly much I doubt that's their first account. They wrote in Danish a total of 6 times and it doesn't look machine translated, so I believe they're from Denmark, but I also found a post stating they "moved to Denmark", not sure where from though, but they post all over the place, like /r/ukpolitics, /r/norway, /r/newzealand, /r/auckland, /r/australia, /r/jordanpeterson, /r/conservative and /r/republican to mention parts of the spectrum.
Interesting person indeed, clearly right wing, but why would they move to Denmark of all places?

[โ€“] troed@fedia.io 21 points 1 day ago

... so, Russian troll factory account

[โ€“] huppakee@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

Maybe he was hired to work on an oil platform or something, you never know.

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[โ€“] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i'm left on a lot of stuff.

I'm small c conservative on a few things. mostly fiscal

My reddit account has not been banned. i'm here by choice

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[โ€“] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

POV: you joined Hexbear or Lemmy.ml

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[โ€“] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Strict ideological conformity is required or youโ€™ll get actual death threats.

They feel so threatened by people existing to the left of them, that they have to make up nonsense like this. Deeply unserious people.

[โ€“] huf@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

ah now, remember the lore, calling them deeply unserious is a death threat! that's just how we are

[โ€“] Trilobyte@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago

That's funny, I deleted my Reddit account after I'd gotten sick of it.

[โ€“] lazycog@feddit.uk 5 points 23 hours ago

Sorry, have to lock post since it's attracting off-topic debate and personal attacks that break the rules.

[โ€“] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lemmy is populated by far left Americans who were banned from Reddit for extremism

considering you can get banned from reddit for being trans or using a vpn because you care about privacy that's not really the point they think they're making

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[โ€“] huppakee@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

He uses a lot of words but what I think he's trying to say is 'I'm not leaving Reddit because I'm an American neonazi and I like how things are going here'

[โ€“] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I mean, I am a far left American, and I don't want far right extremists and nazis on here, but I haven't given anyone death threats.

Please. I would never make a death treat.

If I'm comin' after you, you ain't gettin' a warnin'.

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[โ€“] rustyfish@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have more of a feeling most people here are Deutsch. But then again, thatโ€™s probably an American speaking.

Also: In the last two years I didnโ€™t get a single death threat on Lemmy. On Reddit I sometimes got one a week. Almost always Nazis or cops wanting to fight me on the street, or SA me or something else they love to fantasise over. And then there was that one Indian guy who didnโ€™t like me calling him out on his Islamophobia.

Sooooooooooo I have to assume that part with the death threats is made up.

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