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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 90 points 1 day ago (44 children)

Lemmy is pretty damn close to that there's only like five conservatives but they are all the same person.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And we still don't ever get along, hahahaha

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nobody hates those who oppose conservatism like other people who oppose conservatism. 🙄

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 8 points 12 hours ago

It's more than that, progressive spaces are bound to have conflict due to the fact that progressiveness is way more abstract than conservativism. Conservativism is about not having change, about things staying as they are, no progress. Progresivism however, you can be moderately progressive, very progressive, radically progressive... You also can be progressive in some aspects but not so much in others, yet you identify as a progressive.

Conservativism champions homogeneity, progressiveness champions diversity. In a diverse environment there are bpund to be disagreements.

It is what it is, we just need to be better and reach agreements. All the time.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 6 points 14 hours ago

It’s Gulag for everybody who doesn’t win. You can’t blame lefties for not cooperating. It’s still unfortunate.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Y'all have just made an enemy for life

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, if it wasn't for the news in lemmy, I'd assume the world was all sunshine and roses, and everybody was cool like me.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We're all happy depressed furries optimizing our linux experience on our thinkpads.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I feel left out. I don't have a Thinkpad. 😩

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

We can share mine

But you’re a happy depressed furry optimizing your linux experience, and that's all that matters.

[–] moot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

@_@

mesmerized by your name

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yah but there's also like, 300,000 tankies and they're ALSO that same person.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

No, there's me AND Steve.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Horseshoe theory is rightfully maligned on the nose, but I've had to play the "Leftist diphsit or Redcap troll" game too many times to discount it DX

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

There's also "Extreme Centrist Who Will Break Their Own Back doing Acrobatics to Avoid Being Labeled And Now Just are Reflexively Contrarian to Literally Anything and Everything Anyone Says in Public."

They will also go to the camps.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Camps for centrists, camps for moderates, camps for radicals, camps for everyone not in power. It's sad.

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