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One of my least favorite things is people being aggressively defensive... before anyone's said a goddamn thing.
I've been posting here for a bit, and trust me friend, plenty has been said. So much so that the mods had to have a sidebar about me because so many people were aggressive and angry that I post third party articles. The mods here are awesome by the way, and agreed that I am not breaking the rules! Because this IS a community that discusses a diversity of politics.
But the personal attacks and insults are getting out of hand, hence my disclaimer when I post now.
Here's just few spirited comments to me from last couple of days:
Lemmy isn't very large and most of us recognize your username and notice the pattern to your posts.
I'm not accusing you of being a Russian asset or a bot here, but the people saying that have a point. You're constantly encouraging left-leaning voters in swing states to throw their votes away in November on hopeless third party spoilers, and then you sealion in the comments without ever clarifying your motivations.
We all see you and your agenda here. The reason people hate you is because you've earned it. If you're asking people not to vote for Kamala, you're carrying water for Trump, especially in swing states. Whatever your motivation, be you a paid Russian troll, or a right-wing agent provocateur posting in bad faith, or a helplessly optimistic lefty who thinks you can usher in a revolution through contrarian voting, we don't care, because so much is on the line if Trump wins none of us has any tolerance for anyone claiming to be an ally while providing material assistance to fascists.
no dude, you don’t get it, it was just an article that was posted on a larger site and so now it’s posted here somehow with 90 similar ones. He has no motivation or agenda or opinion at all really! Can’t we just discuss the articles?
Agreed! Because as you know, this is a political news sub and it's for ALL types of political news articles. Not just pro-Democrat ones. Right?
Anyone who doesn't like the fact that I post political news articles, can definitely block me or message the mods if they think the articles posted are inappropriate for this community. Thank you!