It’s unbelievable how vocal the minority of conservatives on reddit have suddenly gotten in the one sub where a large demographic of important voters often interact. Hmmm. Coincidence?

  • pelotron@midwest.socialEnglish
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    5 months ago

    There are still plenty of people that have gone so far left that they crossed the prime meridian and landed on the right.

      • pelotron@midwest.socialEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I could rephrase and say their beliefs are not the same, but their behaviors are. Think of some of the worst qualities of far right posting. Memes that pigeonhole non-believers, co-opting language to mean things other than what the majority of people understand it to mean, facts-optional diatribes. Now read any number of Hexbear threads.

        • jorp@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          equality extremists wanting an egalitarian society are not just as bad as fascists and theocrats even if they both have bad memes …