Ensign_Crab

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 9 months ago (10 children)

The picture of people "doing nothing in real life" is of protesters who are out doing something in real life.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Are you implying that there’s a problem with not holding the same set of opinions as the majority?

No. I'm saying that the whiners are only whining about political content because they disagree with it. They would rather have no political content than content they don't agree with. It's the same impulse that dismisses all representation of marginalized groups in media as "political."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but recently U.S. one the U.S. political parties turned hard right to fascism.

They certainly have. People who whine about political content are usually just whining that the prevailing consensus is not consistent with their opinions. I imagine a good chunk of it is people being upset that lemmy is on the whole fiercely opposed to bigotry and is populated with people who are frustrated with corporate-owned social media.

Lemmy has always been overtly political. The whining is from the sort of people who move in near a live music venue so they can make noise complaints.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Some people would rather whine about politics (that they disagree with).

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago

Oh, there's gonna be some opinions in this thread.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

"It's a surprise tool that will help us later."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Some things I just enjoy doing.

Those are called hobbies.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yup. All Republicans and exactly enough Democrats. And complicit anti-union centrists will be like "don't blame Manchin! Look at all the other people we agree with who he voted with!"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Nobody wanted to work before, either. It's why you have to pay them to do it.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Just wait until "the strike is hurting the holy economy" narrative gets going.

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