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Why are you here? What do you want this place to have that others don't?
submitted 5 years ago by Zombi from self.AskSaidIt
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[–]sawboss 37 insightful - 3 fun37 insightful - 2 fun38 insightful - 2 fun38 insightful - 3 fun - 5 years ago (11 children)
Because Reddit is overrun with authoritarian racist SJW fascists, and Voat is overrun with racist white nationalist fascists. I don't believe in fascism of either form, and I can't stand obnoxious authoritarians telling me to shut up and get in line. Because I am at heart a liberal in that I value free expression, free association, and reason.
[–]Zombi[S] 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (8 children)
Thank you for pointing out how hypocritical and racist the far-left is! I feel so bad for leaning toward liberal when I see these idiots run their mouths. That site has no middle ground, just left and right. It's like people forget we're all human and we don't all fit neatly inside little "republican or democrat" boxes.
[–]sawboss 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (4 children)
Progressives hate liberals. Progressivism is the opposite of liberalism.
Liberalism, political doctrine that takes protecting and enhancing the freedom of the individual to be the central problem of politics. Liberals typically believe that government is necessary to protect individuals from being harmed by others, but they also recognize that government itself can pose a threat to liberty.
[–]Zombi[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (3 children)
Then why do so many label themselves progressive liberals? Just pure hypocrisy and a lack of critical thinking?
[–]sawboss 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
Because at some point, I think in the 1800s, there was a split in liberalism between progressives and classical liberals. Classical liberals split into conservatives and libertarians. Why does it matter? Because progressives take for themselves the right to use force to accomplish their agenda. Classical liberals do not acknowledge any such right.
[–]HurkaDurka 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (1 child)
Most of the time someone declares themself a liberal, they are lying. They are almost always leftists that don't believe in liberal values of freedom and equality.
[–]sawboss 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
equality
They don't preach equality, they preach "equity".
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[–]boat 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (2 children)
If this site can stay somewhat neutral I would stick around. I miss old reddit.. I kinda chose the right wing out of spite. The left became too weird and humorless for me. I am a classical liberal at heart. Neutral on Trump, I dont hate him don't like him either. That makes me a nazi in certain circles. I'm sick of it all.
[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
i don't like the choices. I'm a leftwing socialist economically, I liked the new deal and want single payer so I guess that is socialism nowadays, but I feel economically it would help that cause to limit immigration. Supply and demand, less workers leads to higher wages. That doesn't mean I support trump, agree with him on immigration but disagree with his pro wall st economic policies. Dems focus too much on sjw stuff that I think is a negative. Who do I vote for, bernie maybe but the primary gets rigged.
[–]wizzwizz4 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
Neutral on Trump? Neutral‽ You can't be neutral on anything! LEAVE AND NEVER RETURN!
(In all honesty I respect that; I also hope the site continues to remain roughly neutral. If it tips in favour of my personal views, I'll stop posting them to compensate, and if it tips against I'll argue until my hands turn blue.)
[–]HurkaDurka 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
This is exactly why I am here. I don't want to be in a left or right wing echo chamber, or in a place where people can't stop obsessing about race.
[–]cyber_burn 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
man, i agree with everything i've read in this thread so far. reddit has been disgusting me for a long time. and the censorship lately seems to have taken another step forward. i've looked off and on for other places and have been disappointed everywhere i've looked. it's rare to see a thoughtful, nuanced conversation on reddit, and that's fucking depressing, but this place gives me hope.
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[–]sawboss 37 insightful - 3 fun37 insightful - 2 fun38 insightful - 2 fun38 insightful - 3 fun - (11 children)
[–]Zombi[S] 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun - (8 children)
[–]sawboss 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun - (4 children)
[–]Zombi[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun - (3 children)
[–]sawboss 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun - (0 children)
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