Is there a "normie" or more mainstream instance for Lemmy?

[umbrella@lemmy.ml]

i tought that was lemmy.world

it resembles early reddit a lot.

[gbu_28@lemm.ee]

Imperialism isn't unique to right wing

[njm1314@lemmy.world]

No I don't agree with that at all. You see right-wing Concepts all the time if you know where to look for them. Anytime there's any discussion of protests? Comment section is militantly right-wing. Reddit gets hard that idea of running over and killing protesters. Anytime there's anything about criminal justice? Nothing a redditor loves more than the idea of locking people up and torturing them. And don't get me started on any video game subreddit.

[gbu_28@lemm.ee]

Pre 2016 reddit front page was not as you describe. I'm not saying it was perfect, I'm saying open conservative concepts were not prevalent or popular.

[chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz]

Wait. You want anti-corpo social media, but not anti-corpo discourse??

[kadup@lemmy.world]

with Democrats on the left

Do keep in mind the most left leaning democrat you can think of would be a center-right candidate in my country. It's unfortunate that indeed you can only work with what you got, but don't be surprised when others cringe at the thought of calling your democratic party leftist.

[noel_skum@sh.itjust.works]

If you think .world is non-normie left-of-centre (or whatever phrase you want to use) then you gonna be confused and surprised by what you’ll find on some of the other instances…

[mitm0@lemmy.world]

The girl will get yelled at even in Reddit

[njm1314@lemmy.world]

Strong disagree.

[njm1314@lemmy.world]

So basically the same as America but behind by 18 months then politically?

[dilroopgill@lemmy.world]

we gotta mf saying press x to doubt, its reddit

[hmmm@sh.itjust.works]

Linux

Linux isn't politics.

i use arch, btw.

[captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works]

Given the number of posts was the same (rounded to the nearest thousand) I think it was a mistake, it was just double-reported.

[thoro@lemmy.ml]

Nah, I just find amusement in someone who ostensibly considers themselves political (volunteers for the Dems!) being affronted when accurately told that being leftist entails more than what talk about on NPR and NYT. Even the Wikipedia summary of leftism states the modern left is anti-capitalist and liberalism is "center-left" at best. It's just an example of the allowed spectrum of opinion and an example of how much the politico class ignores political theory outside that spectrum.

And we push back on it because allowing the right wing, mainstream media, and liberal parties to define liberalism as the left is exactly what helps push the Overton window to the right.

Instead of running away when confronted with that fact and creating a space for centrists to feel more comfortable, maybe y'all could listen instead.

[rooty@lemmy.world]

Lemmy.world is pretty moderate left wing, your Democrat volunteering friend sounds like a crypto conservative.

I don't know if you've noticed, but global politics have taken a nasty turn, and mincing words to appease the appeasers tends to end in a "and then they came for me" scenario.

Instead of finding a milquetoast community where you can trade lukewarm takes while Reichstag burns to the ground, why not try to engage with people you might not see eye to eye, but may broaden your horizons and even change some of your attitudes.

[rooty@lemmy.world]

Linux isn't politics

A wild Richard Stallman has appeared!

[rooty@lemmy.world]

I can understand blocking political words, but Linux? You might as well browse 9gag at that point.

[msfroh@lemmy.ca]

False. The Liberals are generally centre-right even within Canada. Your compass is off.

Your Newtonian physics argument is nonsensical and frankly rude.

[evotech@lemmy.world]

I Just sort by all anyway

[jassmith@sh.itjust.works]

I tried it and the owner calls himself “Deimos” (god) and acts like it. He bans people for any and no reason, including disagreeing with him. I ended up being banned for having an opinion about something he disagreed with.