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A person could post a pic of the sky and somebody would somehow still find a way to insert a Trump comment. It’s a bit insane.
Just throw those people in the trash with your block button man, you have full power here
Coming from reddit it is pretty funny how well this works because those people commenting like you say are quite literally the same 3 people
And use block liberally. If someone makes me feel negative in any sort of way I will insta block. I'll never meet anyone here irl so it's the most logical thing to do
It is a bit insane, because the world is a bit insane right now, and frankly I think it's your fault.
Well, not you specifically, and it's not entirely your fault. But part of the reason tyranny and fascism have gripped power across the globe is that political discussion is considered impolite. It's offensive to point out how absurd or dangerous a political policy is, so we just avoid the subject. Wouldn't want to offend a conservative bigot by pointing out other people exist.
And because polite people avoid the subject, only extremists engage in the debate. Nuance is lost, and the crazies take charge of the nuthouse whilst "normal" people, like yourself, fret about people talking about the problem.
It would be fucking fantastic to look at a picture of the sky and not think of how air pollution is being deregulated, how Qatar is buying influence with the President by gifting him an airplane, how space is being monetized by a South African Nazi, or how we're all likely to die of an airborne virus because the person in charge of coordinating our healthcare response has a brain that's mostly worm poo.
It would be wonderful to stop talking about politics, but not talking about it has led us, inexorably, to this point. We have a duty to discuss ideas when they affect all of us. We have a responsibility to point out stupidity and ignorance and make conservatives feel ashamed of it. It's not fun for us, either, but if we were to follow your lead, we will end up murdering children in death camps. Which is exactly where we are.
You can discuss politics without engaging in it 24/7. There is nothing wrong with going to something like reddit or Lemmy and not wanting to add it to the list of places where all you see is politics. It's easier on reddit, because the sheer volume of content, but it can be done here too.
I don't personally care here on Lemmy, it's a better format for discussion than some places (not that I discuss it, though I'll read it). But in my case, I used to go to imgur all the time. For me it was a place to share memes and other jokes, you got a bit of community, it was smaller than reddit, Twitter, and all that. But it got to be non stop politics. They even added filters you could toggle on to the site, including a political one. It helped but even then the stuff still got through. Over time I stopped using the site and eventually deleted the app as it wasn't my funny little meme site anymore.
And i largely agreed with the overall community, like most places it was a circle jerk most of the time. But being like this didn't accomplish anything (as we all can see). At best, maybe some people there didn't "switch sides" when Donald showed up.
Maybe the poster just wants a place where they can get a break but still be social. They're not getting at X or bluesky, they're definitely not getting it on Facebook or threads. Reels, TikToks, and shorts are dependent on the almighty algorithm and aren't very social for most users. Mastodon, yeah i guess, but i know i find it's harder to find communities than on Lemmy (plus your points, which are valid, apply there too). Where should they go.