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What's with users of fediverse using 'Go back to reddit' as a retort to other users? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by calmblue75@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I am seeing this pattern a lot lately, whenever a person disagrees strongly or expresses conservative/right wing views, they are told to go back to reddit.

You can say 'Don't bring these bullshit views to the fediverse,' or something of that sort. I am a reddit refugee myself, and part of the Reddit API exodus. Being told to go someplace I just left due to ethical reasons feels bad. So, I want to understand why it is being used as a retort. Is it really rude, or am I making a fuss out of nothing?

Edit 1: I am NOT defending conservative views, I think that they should not be given a platform in the fediverse. I am questioning how telling them to go back to reddit is a valid response.

Edit2 : Edited the the title to better represent my question.

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the Right Wing Playbook series on Youtube explains very well why we shouldn’t suffer alt-right and fascist style argument anywhere. They are not in good faith and don’t contribute anything to the marketplace of ideas.

True conservative thought has a place but that is very very rare to see anymore.

[–] U7826391786239@piefed.zip 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"conservative" as a valid train of thought died with john mccain

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 13 points 23 hours ago

“Conservative” as a valid train of thought never existed

They’re all rich men with delusions of grandeur who want to maneuver rubes into magical thinking about holy ideals and how cooperation is evil because it’s not what nature intended, so they can rob them blind for their own gain.

[–] diverging@piefed.social 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

john mccain

The guy that sang Bomb bomb bomb Bomb bomb Iran?

[–] doleo@lemmy.one 3 points 18 hours ago

No, they mean the guy from Die Hard