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I've noticed that lemmy as a whole is much more leftist than reddit (outside of political servers of course) (lemmy.world)
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I can't really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by "both" sides of the spectrum. It's just something I find interesting.

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[โ€“] aspensmonster@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

but I hate it when someone behind the scenes decides whether or not I should be able to debate/talk to my political opposites.

Then you're not gonna be a fan of federated alternatives like Lemmy. At least unless you run your own instance. Because instance admins can defederate from other instances, preventing you from reaching those defederated instances. In my mind, this is a Good Thing. I don't want to federate with nazis and fascists myself, and I want to minimize my association with anyone who does. If "having a dialogue" with people that want us dead is super important, then they can pick a different instance to call home.

[โ€“] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

The great thing about unstanses though is that I can create an account on an instance that isn't deffederated to get around that. On reddit, there's no way to do that from one app.

The problem is with what we each consider nazis or fascists. I don't believe most conservatives are fascists or nazis, but a lot of people do believe that (which is an extremest take in of itself). For example, if you believe people who want more secure borders are nazis or fascists, we 100% disagree on what makes someone so.