this entire thread is such a massive waste of time & an embarassing dogpile of pessimistic blanket assumptions.
"X will inevitably turn into Y if we don't do something now!"
or maybe facilitating the existence of two fediverses on opposite, equally-corrupt ends of the political spectrum will only lead to the maximum possible amount of hate in the end (from both sides). sounds fun!
pessimism versus optimism. the latter exposes us to more risk (someone could be a shit, racist person down to their very core), but i think the potential reward is better for giving people the benefit of the doubt that they just don't understand. that's just me though. feel free to disagree. i won't think you're rotten for doing so.
in general, people don't just wake up and decide to change their opinion on X out of nowhere. and telling someone to think something is useless... at best.
people need to be surrounded by different people just living their lives in order to open their own eyes and form their own opinions. otherwise everything they see on TV/FB/etc is true in their minds.
"nipping this in the bud" early just prevents self-discovery that can lead to less racism/hate existing in the grand scheme of things.
not all people who have a bad/hateful opinion are bad/evil/right-wing. i reckon it's better for all of us if these people gain passive/active exposure to those they're biased against and realize the media is wrong, rather than reinforce that opinion by hiding away in this thread, spending countless hours peering into our glass ball and seeing the future that will 100% without a doubt inevitably come to pass (because all far right ppl are exactly the same and deeply motivated by hate on a daily basis and are not only unwilling to change but unable!)
we need more cross-political-spectrum crossover in the world. not less. if you/someone doesnt have the mental energy to interact with or see certain people, that's totally fine. mental heath matters. block/mute & go about your day. but i think letting everyone else continue to interact positively/neutrally in the meantime is desirable. some people aren't bothered by certain things and can discuss them with "the other side" to positive effect. let them do so?
interacting with somebody who has differing/bad opinions shouldn't be seen as support for those opinions, though i think sometimes it's seen that way.
walls are bad when they're between different types of people, but they're desirable when they're protecting you from the elements or providing privacy. live within your own walls when you need to, for your own well-being/sanity. but we shouldn't encourage walls to be built that keep out hundreds of good people just because there's a handful of bad apples in the bunch. that's pessimistic as hell & sounds like something straight from a certain US Presidential campaign trail.
if the goal of an instance is just to co-exist exclusively with like-minded people, that's fine i guess, but if the goal is to encourage diversity, personal/societal growth, creativity, then defederating with anyone the moment they have a different/uninformed opinion is a bit bonkers.
not every hateful sentence (from the reader's perspective) stems from a hateful thought. nobody can read minds.
sometimes the hate is assumed because of our own biases (which is kinda ironic).
sometimes it's just an uninformed or ignorant thought (until everyone goes and proves them "right" by fighting ignorance with fire).
if everyone just engaged with others as their mental/emotional capacity permitted without expecting the same from others, we'd be better off in my opinion. we don't need instance god-admins to protect us.