• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    17 days ago

    And that makes me genuinely sad. When I joined Lemmy, I was a little put off by the leftist bent here, but then I realized that I appreciated being challenged on my views, especially since people here are generally nice about it.

    I wish I could find something like that for conservatives as well. Better yet, I wish there was a place like Reddit or Lemmy where all views were respected, provided claims are supported with evidence. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be compatible with the world we live in, and that makes me sad.

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      17 days ago

      Seems like there aren’t many centrist communities where you can have nuanced discussions.

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        17 days ago

        I honestly don’t care about centrism, I care about diversity of ideas with citations for claims. If a left wing or right wing policy is the best for a given situation, I’d love to discuss it.

        But failing that, I’ll take centrist over either political extreme any day of the week.

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      17 days ago

      You can probably post on 7.62x54r.ru. Reddit had a decent number of anti-establishment leftists who would join up with conservatives on shared issues. I haven’t seen any spaces like that on Lemmy.

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        Yeah, and that’s something I missed about Reddit. I found a few good communities of centrists, open minded leftists, and open minded conservatives, so I could generally join a pretty good discussion. I still needed to watch what I said, because there were some things even open minded people wouldn’t consider given their political bias, but a lot of things were fair game.

        For example, I could bring up Right to Repair to both groups, and I’d get different reasons for and against it from each group.

        Here on Lemmy, I don’t get that diversity, either something is compatible with the group’s general leftist persuasion, or I get downvoted into oblivion. And that sucks, because I put in a lot of effort to be constructive and challenge the status quo. Fortunately, I usually know before making a statement which way it’ll go, and there are no downsides (aside from worse engagement) to getting down votes, so I know what to expect. It does make me sad though.

        I’ll check out that community though. Not sure what to expect from a .ru domain though as an American…

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      17 days ago

      Being a Reich Winger is incompatible with rational or thoughtful discussion.

      Reich wing ideology boils down to subservience and deference to authority, not knowledge.

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          Reich Wing ideology, the entire thing, relies on subservience and deference to authority. The difference in the various flavors of it are just how much and who.

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              16 days ago

              Of course, discussing political ideology is “partisan”… Its exactly what we’re talking about.

              And no, they’re not just talking points, it’s literally how we describe the various systems of political ideology… Reich Wingers look to construct a society around control and subservience. And, like I said, the question of “who” to obey, and how strictly people are to be controlled are what differentiates the various Reich Wing ideologies.

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                16 days ago

                Reich Wingers look to construct a society around control and subservience.

                This is a talking point, and you’re basically implying everyone on the right believes this, and that’s patently false.

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                  16 days ago

                  That is literally what makes up right wing ideology… Prove me wrong. Because, yes, every Reich Winger thinks that some level of control over others is a requirement of society.

                  Control of women’s bodies.

                  Control of immigrants.

                  Control of health care.

                  Control of religious views.

                  Control of other countries.

                  Show me a Reich Winger who doesn’t believe that someone needs to control others, and I’ll walk that back.

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                    16 days ago

                    First of all, I want to point out that I’m not registered Republican and haven’t voted for a Republican for any executive position for nearly two decades (last time was McCain, though I would’ve voted for Romney had I voted in 2012). Also, I have voted Republican for other positions very rarely in the last decade or so. In 2020, I voted for Biden because I thought Trump legitimately had a chance of losing my state (still carried it by ~20%), and I voted mostly Democrats for legislative seats this time around because I’m pissed at the gerrymandering my state did recently.

                    With that out of the way:

                    Control of women’s bodies.

                    Not universal, and something like 36% believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

                    Control of immigrants.

                    Something like 15% believe immigration should increase, and 37% believe it should stay the same. Believing immigration should decrease is a minority opinion among Republicans.

                    Control of health care.

                    Not sure what you mean by that, Democrats also want to control health care, that’s why the ACA exists (they want everyone enrolled in health insurance, which gives the government more control over health care).

                    If you can be more precise, I can look up some statistics.

                    Control of religious views.

                    About 41% of Republicans believe religious Republicans have too much control over the GOP, and about 27% of Republicans are unaffiliated with any particular religion, 13% are atheist, and 34% say “nothing in particular” (I guess that means areligious).

                    Control of other countries.

                    Trumpism is isolationist, which is the opposite of wanting to interfere w/ other countries. There are a lot of anti-Trump Republicans (in 2019, though they’re probably not going to be as vocal this term.

                    So if you’re looking for anti-interference Republicans, look no further than Trump. There are also plenty of anti-interventionist Republicans in the anti-Trump crowd as well.

                    So yeah, there’s a bunch of stats for you. I’m also guessing we’ll see those numbers go up quite a bit after Trump’s term is up, because a lot of those answers are likely colored by recent rhetoric.

                    I could list specific politicians if that’s what you’re looking for, but I find that much less interesting than statistics.