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2 Kings 2:23-24: A story about what happens when you make fun of bald dudes

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"We respect your right to protest. Except you may not protest."

Why can't magazines/communities aggregate content from other instances?

When I look at https://lemmy.ml/c/startrek vs https://kbin.social/m/startrek I see two entirely different lists of posts. Why? It's the same topic, just on different instances. How can we have communities about topics without having them siloed into their own instance-based communities? Is this just related to that 0.18 issue...

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Kbin magazines can sort of aggregate content through tags.

banning and defederating communities

Hey all, I recently left reddit like many of you. I have a question regarding lemmy and the fediverse on the history of banning and defederation. I have noticed several posts calling for varying communities to be disconnected. were these removal requests as prevalent before the mass migration? Usually I am all for communities...

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Seems to be popular to defederate from right-leaning instances. The Fediverse basically started as a far-left stronghold, so it isn't surprising.

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A lot of people in the Fediverse don't seem to appreciate the concept that the political left is just as capable of intolerance and extremism as the political right.

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So it's de jure the case that the left a.k.a. pluralists oppose intolerance and bigotry. That's what makes us the left.

Many on the left don't actually understand pluralism, though. It has become pretty mainstream to shut down voices one disagrees with.

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I'm not talking about parties, I'm talking about the political spectrum. There is no "Right-Wing Party", nor is there a "Left-Wing Party". Conservatives and liberals can be found in both of the actual dominant American parties.

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Badges are like post flairs on Reddit.

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I've set up some badges on one of my magazines, but I haven't really tested them.

No simple answer for why people believe in conspiracy theories (www.sciencedaily.com)

People can be prone to believe in conspiracy theories due to a combination of personality traits and motivations, including relying strongly on their intuition, feeling a sense of antagonism and superiority toward others, and perceiving threats in their environment, according to new research.

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I'm not sure this is new knowledge, but those are definitely part of it. From my interactions with family members who believe in conspiracy theories, I would add that the scorn and shunning from "unbelievers" adds to their isolation, making fellow conspiracy theorists the only source of validation and empathy. This causes a vicious cycle of radicalization.

I think if the rest of us can shun less and love more, we can help these people, who are deeply hurting on the inside, find joy and meaning in things beyond dark conspiracy theories.

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Definitely some cult-like attributes, for sure. I'm not sure it's fair or productive to lay all the blame on the conspiracy theorists, though. Most of them are victims of misinformation from social media algorithms and people who they should have been able to trust.

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Haha I know what fascism is, my guy. Not sure what point you're trying to make.

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It's not splitting hairs, it's fighting against generalizations that isolate people and lead them to radicalization and extremism. I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make other than trolling, tbh.

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Lol. Goodbye, troll.

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The Bible quote is a joke about making fun of bald guys. Talk about bigotry, you're exhibit A.

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Welcome to the Fediverse! Remember that you are interacting with users on many different instances with various rules.

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You're obstinately refusing to explain yourself. What exactly am I misunderstanding to piss you off so badly?

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