I’m done, I’ve been banned for expressing a different opinion (without insulting or personally attacking anyone), I’ve been accused of evading a ban with multiple accounts (this is my only account I’ve ever had on any lemmy instance), I’ve had people selectively ignore my comments and accuse me of things which I never said, and I’ve had people ignore valid criticisms and keep attacking me.
Reddit has many issues with trolls, one-sided discussion, and just general bullshit, but many Lemmy instances are way worse. The newfound freedom of Lemmy has attracted many extremists, from both sides, and many of them are moderators, who are more than happy to remove any contrarian opinions. This results in discussions being echo chambers
If they do, then they will be full of shit. Am I supposed to use that as an excuse to act like an idiot?
If you have change that you want to see in this country (as you should) then it’s on you to get organized and build support. You don’t get change by driving people away, which is exactly what your kind of toxic politics does.
Look what happened to the far right. They got exactly what they wanted on abortion, and now they are fucked. Instead of doing the hard work of building grass roots support, they went the authoritarian route. Republicans haven’t had a good cycle ever since, with the far right doing even worse.