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you should try just not not engaging in political discussions then. you seem to be very outgoing with it, which will attract people with opposing views leading you further down the defence route.
stay away from political
stay off social media
deal with it and/or block them.
you're literally asking for a safe haven from the world, on the world wide web...that won't exist, or it'll be an echo chamber.
also, stop insulting people constantly and perhaps they won't insult/belittle you back... take the high road.
and because I truly don't care, I'm blocking you to avoid further back and forth nonsense which I assume you'll want to start/continue based on a LOT of your comments.
hope you find that small corner of only like minded people..
No thanks, silence does not benefit me, it benefits my oppressors.
Everything in life is political. A woman who can read and write is political. Being silenced is political. Seeking likeminded people is political. Perhaps you need MORE political education if you think you can step away from it or think that political advocacy is bad.
I'm not asking for "a safe haven from the world," I am asking to be around people who understand concepts hashed out in the 70s like basic civil rights. Like the basics of feminism. Or, like the other day, why consent matters. That's right, I had a convo on here about consent mattering. It wasn't even my first conversation on Lemmy trying to explain the importance of consent. That's not a thing feminists struggle with, that's a thing patriachy (which makes rapists) struggles with.
It's like saying "hey, I am with all these people who like math but addition only, and are forcing the world to be addition only, and I can do other types of math like matrices and vector calculus. I am tired of arguing with people about why 2+2+2 is equivalent to 2x3. I want to find other people who can do higher level math." Except these people dont understand civil rights instead of math, which means they are being ABUSIVE AND SHITTY TO ME AND ADVOCATING FOR ME TO BE A SLAVE AS A WOMAN.
Probably the reason you blocked me is that you don't see a problem with this. You think, like many enlightened centrists and men who refuse to learn basic feminism, that I am "just as bad" as the misogynists who are actively usurped my country and my rights. And you don't want to respond to this. This is also why YOUR preferred solution is my silence, instead of trying to make Lemmy a better place or call in men you see who talk like this, or even help me with a basic request to avoid instances that are full of men like you.
Further, I only insult second when they open that door by insulting first- I am just better at it and meaner than them. Calling someone what they are - a misogynist, narcissist, fascist, etc isn't an insult. It is what they are and why we came up with those words. Calling someone a small dicked weasel because I know as a misogynist they are bad in bed and insecure about their dick is weaponizing the patriarchy against them, is mirroring, and is a valid way to get shitty men to change their minds.