You're in a community on a primarily LGBT instance. One of the most affluent and influential countries in the world has one of their two major political parties trying to declare that anyone who's not cis, white, heterosexual is an aberration that needs to be purged.

An attitude that is attempting to spread to other Western nations.

Something which is either actively affecting, or will potentially effect, many of the members of this instance.

So, uh, anyway... sorry for offending you, but if you don't like things getting spicy then maybe this isn't the place for you.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Tell that to the hordes of people yelling why they won't vote, despite all of this. Discussion with these people is like talking to a brick wall. I don't think this community is appropriate for these exchanges.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

that could be part of the problem is you are engaging with the trolls

trolls are there to straw man and be annoying. they get a kick out of every response. consider blocking them and reporting if their takes are bigoted enough.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

When almost every top-level comment is people saying this shit and almost every comment has a thread of people arguing over it, the problem is more than a handful of trolls. I think this community isn't equipped to moderate threads that are primarily about US politics.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i don’t disagree. most communities are not equipped to such things in fact. hence the common phrase “don’t feed the trolls.”

not trying to victim blame you here, your experience is absolutely valid and you shouldn’t have to worry about these things but the reality is the ideal change is too costly, so the only alternative is the collective understanding that we don’t give the trolls what they want and eventually they leave.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago

It's hard to tell who is a troll and who is an extremist when there are entire instances run by tankies like Lemmy.ml and Hexbear.

[–] darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 12 points 7 months ago

I don't believe there are hoards of people. They are paid trolls. While there may be a few who are that stupid, I suspect only a few actual humans are running bots and multiple accounts. Ban them.

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

You have been told to go. In a friendly manner.

You ignored that and stayed to argue. Calling others a brick wall while being a brick wall.

You are incredible.

[–] yemmly@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

To be fair: Not purged, just sent to forced re-education camps where they beat the queer out of you with a $59.99 bible, in the name of a loving, tolerant god. But come on, who doesn’t love camp? Amirite?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't give fascists the benefit of the doubt. They'll betray it every time.

[–] yemmly@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Oh they definitely don’t enjoy the benefit of my doubt.