Sure, there are always outliers and you can correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s just the overall impression I have.

(I wasn’t sure if !asklemmy@lemmy.world or this community would fit better for this kind of question, but I assume it fits here.)

  • bluGill@fedia.io
    2812·
    11 days ago

    I find the same on the left wing. Everytime I put out a slightly right wing position I get attacked and a ton of down votes.

    Every time anyone mentions on Lemmy right wing positions it is with only to attack a strawman version that is very removed from what most right wing people think/do.

    • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catEnglish
      353·
      11 days ago

      Downvotes can’t actually hurt you.

      Personally, I’m fine with saying unpopular things and getting downvoted for it. Mods removing a disallowed viewpoint is something different.

        • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          10 days ago

          Just remember that the first person to say the world went around the sun got downvoted into oblivion… but it is factually accurate and a giant leap towards out current understanding of the physical realm. I’m happy for people to disagree with my views. Fuck, I probably disagreed with half of them, thirty years ago.

    • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
      13·
      10 days ago

      You’re comparing downvotes with “vile conspiracy hate fascist bullshit”. The behavior I’m talking about isn’t hurtful in the social-rejection way that downvotes are, it goes way way beyond that. Can you see the difference?

    • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
      11·
      10 days ago

      Every time anyone mentions on Lemmy right wing positions it is with only to attack a strawman version

      It would help if you would be more precise. You are using a “feels like” statement here, which I have to disagree with b/c it is objectively false: all it would take would be to find a singular example wherein it was not true, at which point “every time” is shown to be invalid.

      But often that does occur, yes. Sometimes our choice of wording can impede rather than aid in understanding?

      And I say this as someone who seems to be more often misunderstood than not, go figure :-|.

      • bluGill@fedia.io
        2·
        10 days ago

        I’m sure a counter example exists, but I’ve been around for year and not seen it yet. Though I’ll accept that the exception probably exists.