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You raise very good points. And I appreciate your long form explanation; thank you for the context.
Absolutely fuck right-wing and Democrat "reasoning" and whataboutery here. I was more thinking about leftish of center, e.g. liberal, considerations and conversations in this comm. We're never going to win over Conservatives (well, akshually, I've seen good progress in my geographical community*), but the people on the fence... those are the people for whom I think it is critical that we engage their viewpoints and show them a better way. I don't think alienating potential allies and fostering an echo chamber advances our goals.
*Pummeling fence-sitters and Conservatives with our viewpoints has only been counterproductive in my experience. Flies, honey, carrot, stick, and all that. But really (and here's where I agree with points you raised), I think it takes a wide array of approaches to get where we want to be. We're not going to seize control of any narratives with a Lemmy echo chamber. I think LSC is a good platform for pointing out how Capitalism is killing all of us and the planet and would love to post and see more of that here.