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Actually right leaning communities? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Hey guys one of the things I miss about reddit is communities like r/Conservative or r/conspiracy, not because I agree with really anything they say there, but because it's a challenge for me.

It's really easy to say "no you're dumb and wrong", but I like going down rabbit holes so I will take the bat shit insane stuff they say and find actual sources to refute them. I know it won't actually change any minds but it's fun for me.

I know theres @conservative@lemm.ee but that is basically just non-conservatives making fun of conservatives. And I have not been able to find any good conspiracy theory communities on Lemmy at all.

Any advice?

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I might be able to show you, but what do you mean by conservative?

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Not OP, but interested in right-leaning communities that aren't pants-on-head insane, just like I am interested in left-leaning communities with a similar constraint. /r/conservative generally isn't bad (I find they tend to be a LOT more level headed than /r/politics, for example) but things like /r/the_donald or whatever it was called is way too out there for my tastes.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    But what do you mean by "conservative"?! White nationalist? Pro capitalist? Neoliberal?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    None of the above really; I'd consider those more far-right and not at all interested in. I'm talking about people aligned with ideas like smaller government, government accountability (particularly with respect to spending), the combination of personal responsibility and freedoms, etc.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Conservative politics hasn't meant any of that for a very long time. I think you need to find a new term to use if you want to be able to not have to explain this every time you ask for conservative communities to hang around in.

    Also, none of that is necessarily right leaning (anarchy covers very similar ground, but obviously for extremely different reasons), so it doesn't entirely answer the question of what kind of right leaning you are looking for.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    you could be right; I’m not great with keeping up with the right terminology. I mentioned in another reply that what I’m really after is finding the quieter β€œmiddle 80%”; the problem is that the nutters on either end get all the media attention and ratchet up the rhetoric because they’ll do anything to keep the attention.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Like I said, I miss r/Conservative and r/conspiracy the most from reddit

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Plenty of conspiracy theorists on Lemmy just mention that Luigi Mangione killed Brian Thompson or Trump falling out with Elon Musk and they come out of the woodwork

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