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What's with users of fediverse using 'Go back to reddit' as a retort to other users? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 8 months ago by 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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[โ€“] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

I'd rather offer refutations and sound cogent counter-arguments, than leave them to run off unchallenged, doubling down with a sense of being right and up against the evil censors, conspiring in whatever echo chamber of bigotry they then find themselves welcomed to.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 8 months ago

    Only problem with that is these people aren't capable of understanding refutations and cogent counter arguments. Allowing them on a platform automatically turns the platform into an echo chamber of bigotry that they make themselves welcome in

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