Just to clarify, I don’t think it’s a problem that hatred is minimal here, and I don’t just mean politics.

I feel like I very rarely see alternative opinions about anything, whether it be software, ai, news about companies, etc. it just seems like everyone universally agrees about anything with only a tiny handful of exceptions.

It makes me hesitant to believe I’m on the “correct side” and I never see any arguments from opposition. This makes me worried that I’m in some sort of echo chamber. In real life, I do see much more diverse opinions and, if I only used the fediverse for social media, would likely be weaker in defending my own since their arguments would be “new” to me.

I understand the reasons for which the fediverse has pretty collective opinion, but it does still worry me. I want to be able to see all the other people with their own thoughts (given it’s respectful) on the Internet, which should be the most capable tool to do so.

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    17 days ago

    Data shows that injection sites in Canada led to reduced crime in their neighbourhoods. But it’s easier for the right to make a scapegoat instead of follow data.

    That’s a great illustration of why we need more diverse views on Lemmy.

    You’re right, some data supports your view. But there are a bunch of people living near safe injection sites who were having a shitty time. Both can be true at once, and dismissing the experience of people living in the situation pushes people away from us, and into the arms of the right.

    And because conservatives lied, that’s the lefts fault?

    Lefties (like you and me) ignoring people who are suffering because of well-meaning policy that needs to be improved is entirely the fault of the left.

    This is why we need more perspectives on Lemmy: we aren’t always right, and even when we are, lefty policy occasionally doesn’t work. If the left doesn’t hear about it and fix it, the right will.