I don’t have much of a problem either way as I don’t think I’ll be engaging in political discussion on this website past this post but it seems like any sort of non-left wing opinions or posts are immediately trashed on here. That’s fine. There’s clearly a more liberal audience here and that’s okay. I just don’t want Lemmy to become a echo chamber for any side and it seems to be that way when it comes to politics already.
Mostly making this post just to drum up discussion as I’m new here.
As a self described leftist, I’m open to discussing almost anything in a respectful manner. I’m not going to shit on anyone just for have a different opinion, but I’m going to argue my viewpoint when I feel led to. And I’m certainly going to call someone out for being bigoted, disrespectful, or spreading misinformation. A lot of those things are not well received by those on the right and may make them feel unwelcome, but that’s really not my problem.
Just had one of those conversations the other day, where “We don’t want racists around here” met with “why don’t you like conservatives”. It’s funny when they tell on themselves like that.