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I don't have much of a problem either way as I don't think I'll be engaging in political discussion on this website past this post but it seems like any sort of non-left wing opinions or posts are immediately trashed on here. That's fine. There's clearly a more liberal audience here and that's okay. I just don't want Lemmy to become a echo chamber for any side and it seems to be that way when it comes to politics already.

Mostly making this post just to drum up discussion as I'm new here.

Edit: Thanks for the rational replies. I was expecting to get lit up for even mentioning this topic lol.

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[–] StrayCatFrump 43 points 1 year ago (12 children)

is Conservative/Right Wing opinions completely unwelcome on Lemmy?

Yes.

[–] SemioticStandard 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gentle reminder to try to assume best intention of others and provide nuance where appropriate. If by 'conservative/right wing' this person means they're all about what these things have morphed into lately in the US (transphobia, homophobia, and otherwise thinly-veiled hateful notions), then I completely agree. Fascists aren't welcome here. Nazis aren't welcome here. Beehaw is explicitly intolerant of the intolerant. But there can be honest perspectives that fall 'to the right' of the liberal perspective that can and should deserve consideration (they just seem to be rare these days, as political discourse has become so polarized).

[–] StrayCatFrump 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But there can be honest perspectives that fall ‘to the right’ of the liberal perspective that can and should deserve consideration (they just seem to be rare these days, as political discourse has become so polarized).

No, there can't.

Assuming the best intention of users doesn't change that fact.

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