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If I ignore/block them, it allows them to continue unchallenged. I hate getting into it with them, since they are a baseline idiot.

I guess that's it. I saw a person with a 6 month account spouting garbage, was gonna block but thought perhaps that wasn't morally responsible. Wondering what the options were.

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t you be mad if suddenly conservatives came on and said that same thing about left-leaning people?!

It's less about whether I'd feel mad, and more about how that materially affects our community. Left-leaning people are trying to make communities which allow all peoples (but not all ideas, like exterminating races and objectifying sexes), while plenty of conservatives (I don't think the word 'conservative' truly applies, but many identify as conservative) are trying to exclude peoples they consider undesirables. If you wanted, you can walk into an anarcho-communist or M-L organization and, as long as you don't offend them with any provoking symbols or offensive ideas, be welcomed. Not everyone can do the same in a reactionary community. So I don't think it's fair to equivocate anti-rightism with anti-leftism. (and, as a side note, if we want to talk about the rare ultra-liberalist ('Libertarian') free-speech everyone-welcome scenario, Lemmy already went through that with Wolfballs a few years back - their admin shut it down when they eventually realized they'd created a Nazi bar and that the WNs weren't just being dumb and offensive as a joke.)

Furthermore, in the context of Lemmy overall, it was created by communists who were leaving reddit to avoid what you described:

[–] DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today -4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

are trying to exclude peoples they consider undesirables

Which is exactly what you and Lemmy are doing by saying conservatives are not welcome here. They are un-desired..ala undesirable. Can't you see the irony of what you are saying?!

Take what you wrote and switch the words around. Change all the liberal words to Repubiclan. Then stand back and read it. Def sounds EXACTLY like how you all assume republicans talk and exclude.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They are un-desired…ala undesirable.

Well, yes. It's why conservatives recruit incels.

[–] DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

So there are no liberal incels?!

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like I touched a nerve.

[–] DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You haven't touched a nerve at all. I simply replied to your question. Is replying to a question or comment "touching a nerve"?!

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You haven’t touched a nerve at all. I simply replied to your question.

If you say so.

[–] DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today -1 points 7 hours ago

Correct, I do say so. Looks like I touched a nerve with my reply to you. We cool?