Thank you! What a horrible crime and I can’t believe people would deface the grave of a victim like this…

Who is Mathew Shepard?

Well, there is a distinction between the the leadership and the populace. The context here was about the populace, since that is who is participating in these online conversations. I agree with you that the current government is an extreme right one. And yes many people did vote for this but I suspect many do not support his full agenda, they were just fooled into thinking this was the least bad option.

Unless you’re willing to go with a very closed off instance you’re still going to be interacting with the broader fediverse which is very left.

I don’t think that’s really going to change unless there is another big migration and I don’t necessarily want it to. But I would like if Lemmings would be kinder to one another and realize that not having read 800 pages of leftist theory doesn’t mean you’re an evil imperialist. Everyone is on their own journey to understanding the world and I think a lot of people here are so judgmental that they would be fighting with their own past and future selves if they could meet them. It’s OK to disagree sometimes. Yes, even when people hold harmful views. We all do to some extent.

Beehaw is definitely quite left but it’s more polite so maybe that would be better for normies that are willing to follow strict rules over there.

The world is a hugely diverse place that doesn’t easily fit into a left or right category from the perspective of politics in an individual country. While I agree that the US is a conservative country, this narrative is a bit exaggerated. The median global opinion on various issues would be all over the place from a US perspective, from far right to far left or even defying any categorization. As a result saying that the US is to the right of most of the rest of the world is a huge oversimplification.

Disgusting.

This is satire, right?

You just made me realize that TikTok is still available in browser form. What a bunch of fuss over nothing.

No, not at all. We should build an independent liberatory movement that exists primarily outside of the political system.

What is that reason because I don’t get it?

Probably no one can stop it immediately but it’s up to citizens to run interference as much as we can safely.

If you are in Chicagoland connect with your local orgs, I guarantee you there are some people strategizing against this.

Resistance to Trump was fairly successful. It’s one reason his first administration was so ineffective.

It’s kind of scary that people are responding so passively and pessimistically this time. We need to rally and energize if we’re going to make it through the next 4 years and protect the people his administration seeks to harm.