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[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (20 children)

Nearly all social media is full of ~~eco~~ echo chambers.. I still post and follow stuff on several of the platforms. There is very little nuanced conversation.. Seems like it is more and more just an up vote or downvote storm, or people claiming one thing or another without any supporting evidence.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago (15 children)

And that makes me genuinely sad. When I joined Lemmy, I was a little put off by the leftist bent here, but then I realized that I appreciated being challenged on my views, especially since people here are generally nice about it.

I wish I could find something like that for conservatives as well. Better yet, I wish there was a place like Reddit or Lemmy where all views were respected, provided claims are supported with evidence. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be compatible with the world we live in, and that makes me sad.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Seems like there aren't many centrist communities where you can have nuanced discussions.

I honestly don't care about centrism, I care about diversity of ideas with citations for claims. If a left wing or right wing policy is the best for a given situation, I'd love to discuss it.

But failing that, I'll take centrist over either political extreme any day of the week.

[–] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Hard to find nuance in anything the current government is doing

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