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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€“] 1 point 8 months ago*

I've been accused of being right wing on Reddit, but also on Lemmy, by those carrying water for Blue MAGA otherwise known as the Democratic Party. The only reason I never "went back to Reddit" Is because that's not an option for me. I know the term "gaslighting" is overused these days, but that's what it is when someone who champions the Dems tells a twinkle-toed pinko commie like me that I'm a "right-wing troll".

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