New account but I’ve been using burner accounts and lurking since the sub got banned. I’ve been seeing all the standard liberal brainworms again for the first time since reddit-logo and everytime it’s an account from another federation. I was tepidly against federation at first but this has been entertaining, like the old days of pigpoop people who wandered into the sub.

I gotta imagine this will only last another week before everyone defederates us, but let’s enjoy it for now.

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    I think it’s good that we have new people coming in who question and challenge our collective political opinions. It’s good to explain and defend concepts because it really does aid in understanding. Plus, we don’t want to become an echo chamber.

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      Tbh I see it kind of opposite. When people come in with uninformed bad arguments we’ve heard 1000 times before, it doesn’t cause me to reevaluate anything, and it just makes me want to unite more with other Hexbears in dunking on them. When there’s fewer of those types, it’s easier to have meaningful discussions and disagreement, without having to worry about giving libs ammo. We haven’t had any struggle sessions and I’ve seen a lot less debate between Hexbears since it started. But I also don’t think that’s a bad thing, we could stand to do a little less infighting.

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      I agree, I feel like listening to what the liberals and fascists have to say is pretty important too to see both sides since the truth is always in the middle

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      i’ll say it this is only true when you’re not as based and theorised as da Empire State Building and can imagine libs and people who think they’re not a lib but totally are know any worthwhile political theory