• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    tolerant

    Really? Try making a post supporting conservatism or attacking socialism and see how that goes for you. Most likely it’ll get down voted to oblivion, and in many communities mods will remove it. And it doesn’t really matter if it’s a high quality post either with tons of scholarly sources and whatnot.

    The Fediverse is tolerant of leftists and progressives, and a bit less tolerant of libertarians. If there’s any hint of conservatism or centrism, the veneer of tolerance disappears.

    I don’t know the solution here, but I think allowing users to choose their moderation is a piece of it.

    • Wiz@midwest.social
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      8 hours ago

      It’s the paradox of intolerance.

      Conservatives are generally intolerant nowadays, towards marginalized people.

      It’s ok to be intolerant of intolerance.

    • RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world
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      They can start their own instance. Away from ours. No need to tolerate intolerance. We don’t need that shit here. Just because its open does not mean we want right wingers to wipe their shit on the walls. They can start their own instance in the fediverse and wipe shit on the walls there in their own little community. 🤷