Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday.
I’m not talking about right wingers, I’m talking about anything that seems different from the majority opinion on a given community. It could have absolutely nothing to do with marginalized groups, if it challenges the leftist/progressive agenda in any way, it gets downvoted or moderated away.
Examples:
Trump pardon of Ross Ulbricht (Silk Road guy) - this was a libertarian agenda item, and completely goes against the conservative “War on Drugs,” yet so many push back on it; if Biden did the same, people would likely approve of it (“that poor kid was treated unjustly”)
try discussing any form of government waste (there’s plenty, not $2T like Musk claims, but probably a few billion)
TikTok - people claimed it was anti-China fear mongering when Trump initially suggested we ban it, then supported the ban when Biden admin supported it, and now are against softening the ban now that Trump is in power (that’s some serious political whiplash)
This isn’t tolerance vs intolerance, it’s tribalism, and the Fediverse just has different sets of tribes vs mainstream social media.
I feel like I see a wide variety of opinions on Lemmy. In Reddit, there are such large audiences that major opinions get upvoted and drown out niche ones. And no, I don’t like sorting by New or Controversial, lol
On Lemmy, I can easily scroll through an entire comment chain and see niche opinions, sometimes without having any idea how niche it is because it’s sitting at +2, and the top comment is at a whopping +11, lol
As for your examples, I’ll share my opinions because that’s fun for me…
I’m against the “War on Drugs” (because I like evidence-backed measures), but I’m not libertarian about it. I want drug usage to be legalized, but sale and, uh, “delivery” to be regulated. So I’m against this pardon, and I don’t care who did it. I’m leery of Biden’s mass pardons. And Trump’s. I think the US judicial system is pretty fucked up for this.
I’d rather have government waste than people who can’t get what they need. Businesses have all kinds of water and bloat too…and it’s not government jobs that are creating people like Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk. So I guess you “got me” there!
I’m really confused about the whole TikTok thing. It seemed odd that Trump wanted to ban it. It seems odd that Trump wants to reverse it. I understand both perspectives in general, but I don’t have a wholesome understanding to have a firm opinion
I’m not talking about right wingers, I’m talking about anything that seems different from the majority opinion on a given community. It could have absolutely nothing to do with marginalized groups, if it challenges the leftist/progressive agenda in any way, it gets downvoted or moderated away.
Examples:
This isn’t tolerance vs intolerance, it’s tribalism, and the Fediverse just has different sets of tribes vs mainstream social media.
I feel like I see a wide variety of opinions on Lemmy. In Reddit, there are such large audiences that major opinions get upvoted and drown out niche ones. And no, I don’t like sorting by New or Controversial, lol
On Lemmy, I can easily scroll through an entire comment chain and see niche opinions, sometimes without having any idea how niche it is because it’s sitting at +2, and the top comment is at a whopping +11, lol
As for your examples, I’ll share my opinions because that’s fun for me…