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Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days agoIt’s so ironic how a site with a leftist lean just chose to alienate their core base. I guess their hope conservatives and liberals will make up for it? Lolol
Leftist lean is a bit of an understatement. It’s not just Reddit. In general, the radical left is being recognized for the violence and chaos they’ve spread over the last decade and the government is realizing they were left unchecked for too long.
Now they’re just being treated the same as the radical right.
I don’t see the radical left being courted by the president, so I think your comment is presenting a bit of a false equivalence, champ.
It’s crazy that a pendulum swings drastically back and forth isn’t it? Not a false equivalency if you have any understanding of historical geopolitics.
If you marginalized and de platform an entire half of your voter base, and cancel people for taking a centrist stance, they’re more likely to band together against your cause, doing more harm long term than if you just toed a rational line.
IE. Because the right were treated the way you are now being treated for so long, they’re were polarized and radicalized to the result of who your president is now.
Also, not American, this isn’t just an American thing. This is happening globally.
Can you name one person that got cancelled for taking a centrist stance?
Well that was the most out to lunch comment I’ve read this week I think.
What violence and chaos has the radical left spread in the last decade, pray tell
This is unhinged. The so called “radical left” is largely a scapegoat for the people that currently run the government. The “radical left” isn’t going around shooting up synagogues and black churches. Even the one act of violence the “radical left” supports was committed by somebody who clearly was more of a “radical centrist”
Advocating for the death of all gay people is by no means the same scale of issue as the radical left.
Yeah man the radical left’s crazy violent agenda like… Free healthcare, and decent standards of living? No wait I mean the erosion of systems of inequality fuck wait no I mean uh labor rights and empowree workers wait shit no
I’m starting to think the radical let’s crazy agenda is actually far less violent than the status quo
I’d not be dismayed to see a bit of violence and chaos from the radical left but I’m struggling to think of examples - do you have some?
BLM, Pro-Palestine, George Floyd… three big ones that come to mind
ROFLMAO. This bloke. Fucking Americans.
Okay, what violence did the pro-palestine movement spread, exactly?
I can accept that some buildings got torched and property values temporarily reduced during the George Floyd protests, but when I hear violence, I think harm against flesh and blood, which the police did much, much more of. I can’t think of many instances where the protestors did that.
Those just come off as regular left to me.
When I think of radical left I think tanky types who are full on nationalists and pro authoritarian governments that suppress free think that they are indistinguishable from the far right other than just differences when it comes to stuff like government assisted programs.
Rights you probably take for granted were won by people blowing stuff up or attacking and even killing people.
Through war not chaos.
Can you elaborate please?
We absolutely see lots of news about these violent communist uprisings. Definitely not something you’re imagining. Not at all.
pinheadednightmare@lemm.ee 2 days ago
It’s becoming Facebook. A cesspool of people just reverberating off of each other.
dan@upvote.au 2 days ago
At least on Facebook you practically always choose friends to add, groups to join, pages to follow, etc. A surprisingly large number of Reddit users just stick to the default subreddits.
pinheadednightmare@lemm.ee 2 days ago
IMO, Facebook is Only good for keeping track of your relatives you don’t feel like visiting.
ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Same. I know a few people on their I won’t or rarely see in person and I like to see what they’re up to in general life.