this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2026
46 points (97.9% liked)
askchapo
23277 readers
243 users here now
Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer ~~thought-provoking~~ questions.
Rules:
-
Posts must ask a question.
-
If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.
-
Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.
-
Try !feedback@hexbear.net if you're having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I don't use social media beyond lemmy much but I often check any political post on lemmy.world and come out feeling horrible always. The metric shit tons of racism, smug bullshit and the fact I can't really do anything about it since engaging is even more mentally draining. I sometimes do it with lemmy.ml communities too, which are a lot less damaging but still god damn
an example
just 5 minutes ago i saw one person defend the EU denying genocide in gaza for "strict definitions", and another dipshit @ lw claim Africans can get away with genocide because "they're fucking browns". Both were upvotedNot even mentioning me checking my country's/field's subreddits, utterly vile