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[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just check their comment history for like 30 seconds. Everyone makes a joke that misses the mark every now and then, but the shittiest people usually constantly spew their nonsense.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Respectfully mention that it's kinda insensitive, kinda like, "hey man, don't you think that's kinda insensitive?" and you'll probably figure out fairly quickly which one is the answer. Additionally, if they legit don't know why it's insensitive, then you can educate them!

Just remember that tone can be difficult to convey on the internet, and sometimes you have to exaggerate the intended tone for it to be understood. Additionally, in my experience, asking the question from the other person's perspective ("don't you think that's kinda insensitive" vs "I think that's kinda insensitive") seems to help a lot.

[–] DominicHillsun@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

How about just deal with it? Internet is meant to be free space, that includes racists, bigots, rednecks, people you disagree with.

Lemmy is worried about 1984 but in actuality is becoming Fahrenheit 451.

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah, no. The Internet isn't meant to be a safe space for bigots. They're free to post and everyone else is free to chase them back under the rock where they belong.

[–] gizmonicus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

My brother in Christ, you are conflating free speech with the freedom from consequences. You are free to express your opinions. You will not be arrested for that. You can use the internet however you wish to express whatever opinions you have, no matter how stupid or hateful they are.

However, if your opinion sucks, the community will "deal with it" by down voting your dumb ass, and if you piss enough people off, you'll get banned. Your rights have not been infringed. You're just an asshole and people don't want to listen to you anymore. You can freely go complain about it somewhere else.

I'm sure there is a community on the Internet that would welcome your shitty opinions into their little echo chamber. Go there if you don't like it here. Or, as you say: "deal with it".

[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lemmy is worried about 1984 but in actuality is becoming Fahrenheit 451.

I don't think you've read either book because that analogy makes absolutely no sense.

[–] DominicHillsun@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

I'll make the analogy more clear to you. In 1984 the government got absolute information control, thats what you guys are worried about. In Fahrenheit 451 people themselves censored everything that offended anyone, eventually leading to all the books being burnt.

People have opinions, and lemmy is becoming a worse echochamber than reddit.

[–] girltwink@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just don't punch down. Simple as.

[–] Hyggyldy@sffa.community 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I only punch interdimensionally. Damn those lazy Gorblecks.

[–] Pommel_Knight@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Define punching down.

Is it economic power? 400e minimum wage here

Is it history? 400 years of Asian/African colonialism

Privilege? Amazon, any official manufacturer site and PayPal don't work here. We just got Google Pay and Apple Pay.

Slavery? The word slave originates from the word Slav and we had nothing to do with colonialism.

I'm a white European and I am way less privileged than any US minority, technically we Slavs are also POC in the US.

So I technically can't punch down on Americans. These kinds of things are dumb since you can't know someone's ethnicity, race, sex, country, etc. online.

[–] girltwink@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

So I technically can’t punch down on Americans

Black trans women in the United States are routinely assaulted and raped and have an HIV+ rate of 60%. You sure about that?

My point is that targeting vulnerable groups for humor isn't funny, it's just bullying and it's sad. It shouldn't be a controversial point.

[–] neptune@dmv.social 1 points 2 years ago

The shit posters drive a wedge in a community and the people who don't like the "innocent" jokes leave. This makes fertile ground for ideological take over. Rinse and repeat in Fandoms, subreddits, message boards, etc.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Poe’s Law. Without a sarcasm tag it’s impossible to know if the person is being sarcastic or is that extreme.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Post history helps

[–] Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tbh this is what I love with (uncensored) internet. It’s hard to draw the line between sarcasm and mental illness.

[–] stratoscaster@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah but also it enables stuff like Nazi dogwhistling soooo lmao

[–] Eleazar@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah. Your definition of a Nazi is just anyone right of Mao. This place seems to be where the tankies went after getting banned from Reddit for encouraging violence toward people who don’t want to slob on government’s massive boot.

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lemmy seems to be more middle-left with just a few vocal extremists on both sides, actually. If anything the largest 'extreme' group i've seen here is anarchists, kind of the opposite of communists lol.

And the groups that do turn into a bunch of 'tankies' (slowly stares at Lemmygrad) have been defedrated across almost the entire fediverse...

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is such a thing as a "non-extremist" right-winger?

[–] Razp@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The probability of encountering a "non-extremist" right-winger is exactly the same as of encountering a "non-extremist" left-winger and is quite small. The vast majority of people are moderates, either left or right leaning.

Also, from the European perspective, the American left aka Democrats are quite right leaning :)

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh look... an "enlightened centrist" has shown up to run interference for the right-wingers.

[–] Razp@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

Oh look, a person that cannot distinguish center from right. I wonder how you drive if you can't into directions.

[–] Warfarin@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remember when people could take a joke not just thin skinned so they have to make it political?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One day you'll have developed your frontal cortex enough to realize not as many of them were joking as you thought.

[–] Warfarin@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"stop targeting kids" is a joke to you?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Warfarin@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Of course it is, gotta have that audience with children haven't you. Disgusting groomers

[–] 40hands@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, it's one of you imbicile cult bois.

[–] Warfarin@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] 40hands@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Sure, I'll click on cult links. 🤡

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago

"Okay time to look at their post history" "hmm nothing bad... pretty alrigh- oh they're a communist"