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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by dragontamer@lemmy.world to c/bestoflemmy@lemmy.world

Hey, lots of Political Topics coming up that's just turning into blame games, anger and bad vibes. I'm enacting a temporary rule: no new politic topics for one week as of now.

I recognize that there is a lot of anger around the election and it's legitimate to feel that way. But I'm willing to bet that none of the political talk in the next week constitutes a 'Best Of' post anyway.

That being said: feel free to use this topic (!!!!) as political talking points. I'm serious. People deserve to discuss their opinions and I don't want to hamper them too much.

If you have political stuff to say, say it in here. I'll promise to lightly moderate this topic, which means this topic will naturally lead to bad vibes and poor arguments.

But we need a place to discuss and vent.

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[-] m_f@midwest.social 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'll start, with an opinion that's definitely uncontroversial /s

Identity politics is dead. People are ready for real change, not corporatism in a leftist skinsuit. It would be so easy to draw people back. Stop talking shit about cishet white men or whatever, talk about how you're going to help the working class, and then do that.

Stop doing dumb token shit like forcing the master -> main github renaming. The only thing that accomplished was white libs patting themselves on the back while doing jack shit to accomplish real change.

If you don't like that and think the DNC just lost because of racism/sexism/whatever, that's fine. Prepare yourself for more fascism as a result of that attitude, though.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 3 days ago

Drag thinks identity politics are still alive. "Trans people shouldn't be put in concentration camps" is gonna be a controversial statement in 4 years.

[-] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 7 points 3 days ago

I'm simply annoyed that all the news stories post-election have only slightly changed. We went from 'here's all the awful things Trump will do if he gets re-elected' to 'here's all the awful things Trump is planning to do now that he's re-elected'. It's not really new content, just the same stories over again.

There wasn't even a week off from it, the man and his coverage is an assault on all the senses and it's just never ending.

[-] Blum0108@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Probably because he is awful, but I understand the frustration.

[-] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, I have a reluctance to post news articles here because on the other site I've had so many news posts removed by mods for 'not adding to the discussion', or 'this has already been discussed to death', whenever there was an actual update to news stories. Either that, or I felt attacked in the comments for not providing an editorial opinion in the comments of whatever I posted.

There's probably an internal dissonance happening between disagreeing with those removals and browsing now exclusively here in a more open environment that's really irritating me. Either way it's probably a me problem, they usually are lol.

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago

My dog took a shit on the rug last night and I stood in it this morning with bare feet and it was still more interesting than US politics

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

But we need a place to discuss and vent.

It's nice that you are trying to do the right thing, but you guys really got that Reddit vibe here, where moderators "allow" things instead of "serving" the communities.

But maybe others will like this post more. I like the initiative and trying to talk to users in a mature way.

[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The only power a moderator has in Lemmy (or Reddit for that matter) is the removal of posts and/or comments. Or more drastic removal (or: banning of users).

It is the only power we have.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If you don't like discussing politics, you may be suffering from Allism Spectrum Disorder.

Allism, also known as Allism Spectrum Disorder, is a pervasive developmental disorder which impairs a persons social, communicative, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral function. The symptoms of allism range from moderate to severe and are lifelong; however, with intensive treatment and early interventions, the presentation of symptoms can be less severe. Currently, there is no cure for allism; however, therapeutic and dietary interventions in the research stage of development are showing promise.

Pervasive difficulty with discussing topics of substance; often reduces conversations to superficial, trivial details (e.g. deflects discussions of meteorological patterns or climate change to the current, observable state of the weather)

https://psychcentral.com/blog/aspie/2018/09/allism-spectrum-disorders-a-parodyl

(Yes, this is a joke. A true one, though)

this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2024
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