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Nobody hates leftists like other leftists with a slightly different flavour of leftism. This is by tradition as long as the leftist discourse has been up. Plenty of people find it unthinkable with nuances or compromises even for communal goals that would benefit everybody.

Add to this that social media is inherently toxic and anonymity brings out the absolute worst in many people to spew hate for slight differences in opinion.

It’s too bad but I’d recommend you to not get caught up in it and don’t let it get to you. People are people and the chances that they will change in any foreseeable future are small. Keep doing what you think is positive and constructive and don’t let others make you disappointed.

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SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I just feel like the parent in the room half the time lol

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- hypna@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It would be interesting to learn something about the demographics on Lemmy.
  
  I usually liken the bad vibes on Lemmy to being stuck with a bunch of cynical teenagers. Nothing is ever good enough, nothing good can happen. They know this with absolute certainty.
  
  I am also probably older than average here.
  
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  - Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I think some of it is intentional, and some are just taken along by that.
    
    Also it’s always easier to throw rocks from the sidelines than to actually lead. It’s so much easier to find something wrong with everything than it is to try to figure out the right thing to do.
    
    Plus nuance is always difficult. Better to just treat everything as back and white.
    
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TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Amen.

Honestly, IRL or online, once that ‘my leftism is the only good leftism’ shit starts, I leave the community. I have no time for bigots and bullies in my life. No matter the flavor of their politics.

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- whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  I just got silenced and banned from that other thread on asklemmy at ml because I explained what other leftists consider Tankies. They sure are a sensitive bunch for anything other than the one authorized truth.
  
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