I largely use Lemmy because it doesn’t tolerate conservatives.

It’s 2026. There is no such thing as a moderate conservative. They don’t deserve the benefit of the doubt. They don’t deserve yet another platform to argue in bad faith on. They’ve gone too far. Every platform they touch turns into a cesspool of bigotry and garbage opinions they think should be taken seriously or they play victim.

I don’t want them on Lemmy.

I don’t want them on Lemmy.

Lemmy is open to anyone though. Excluding someone based on what they believe slides into the very fascism that many on Lemmy proclaim to be against. Intolerance is never a good thing, regardles of what your political outlook is.

Lemmy is open to anyone though.

Sure is. Doesn’t mean I want bigots/fascists here, fucking up yet another platform.

Excluding someone based on what they believe

How long would you be willing to entertain Nazis? Would you say the same thing about them? That we should just listen to them and give them a chance? That we should tolerate them? Now, American conservatives aren’t Nazis, because Naziism was a specific fascist movement in Germany a century ago. But American conservatives are fascists because they match the definition.

Now, I’m not sure if you possess eyes or ears, but fascism is now here, in America, due to conservatives. I’m done giving them the benefit of the doubt. They do not deserve it. They do not care to argue in good faith.

but trying to exclude a group of people because you don’t believe them is nothing to brag about.

Words placed into my mouth. I’m not making some concerted effort to exclude conservatives from Lemmy. Never said I was. I said I don’t want them here. That’s my personal opinion. You seem to really care about people, even fascists, getting to have their opinions, so let me have mine.

Now look at your words and switch use the words “liberal” instead of “conservative.”

Ah. I see. You are a “bOtH sIdEz” advocate. One of those that believe everything is equal. Well, I’m here to promise you that is false. Both sides do no want the same thing and do not go about getting what they want in the same manner. Not even close. Your entire argument is based on all things being equal. That simply isn’t true, so your argument is weak.

The right side of the aisle uses violence and intimidation to get what they want FAR, FAR more often than the left side does. And that is a fact supported by a shit ton of data. So why should we give a side that uses those tactics regularly the same benefit of the doubt that we’d give a side that doesn’t? That’s nonsense.

NOT. THE. SAME.

You’ll still be singing Kumbaya while you’re being gassed.

You are a “bOtH sIdEz” advocate.

Yep. Both sides do suck. Both sides have idiot extremists. But hey, you do you do you.

You admitted that you think conservatives should be allowed to be here, and that’s the point I was trying to make. So all good.

They should be allowed here. Even if we disagree with them.

I don’t think all conservatives are fascists like most of lemmy likes to proclaim.

I’m very glad the US is not at all like most of Lemmy thinks it is. lol

The difference between a Lenny communist is: no one takes them seriously, they do not control the entire government, they are not using the government to shoot dissenters in the streets.

Some of those crazy bastards probably would if you gave them control of the government, but that’s beside the point because no one has done that yet. But when they do, I am going to support whatever they decide to do to the Nazis.

I agree with your broader point but the bit about supporting auth-left fighting Nazis is a risky bet. I don’t think we’re close to having a marxist-leninist vanguard party overthrow the regime here in the US, but historically when they have been empowered to enact violence against fascists they end up taking the state monopoly on violence for themselves and turning it on anarchists and other socialists with slight disagreements.

But Iike you said, they’re not the ones controlling the state at the moment. It’s just something to keep in mind for the future in case an ML vanguard party leading a revolution in the US actually ends up being on the table. Depending on how bad things get a lot of people might consider it worth the risk.