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is Conservative/Right Wing opinions completely unwelcome on Lemmy? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by DeimosE2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/politics

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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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[–] darkmugglet@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO, if they can bring well reasoned arguments based on some identifiably ideology that recognizes the rights of others to believe, think and act differently, then there is space for a conversation. But if they open with slurs and demogogory, then separate spaces are best. Like, if you want to support Trump on his policies and point to specific policy agendas and/or achievements, and we can have a conversation, its worth engaging. Or if you a Bernie Bro, let's have the chat about how it would look.

My biggest fear with the MAGA-fication of the republican party is that we have lost the ability to have a "loyal opposition" (a great aspect of Parliamentary system) where the party points out the flaws of policy. It's really something else when the party out of power tries to help the party in power understand the implications from the other sides POV. If a populists was to rise within the Democratic side, we could get the progressive version of Trump, and that should scare us.

[–] phillaholic 1 points 1 year ago

My ultimate fear is a fake democrat gets elected.