duckington @ duckington @lemmy.world

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Hooooo boy yeah that’s a spicy one

Hahahahaha what the hell

I agree. The way I worded my comment was very intentional to not bash conservatism. I don’t consider myself one but I thought OP’s question was pretty respectful and I do find it unfortunate that he doesn’t have a community on here that isn’t extremely radicalized.

Unfortunately most of the more “conservative” instances became highly toxic and so most other instances have defederated with them.

Yes

ohh yeah true, i'm just gullible :(

singular they

True enough, but we all have different skills, and if OP has android skills but not webdev skills, then they'd just be making they can make!

Why not?

Damn, so I guess 1060 wouldn’t be part of this either

Depends on how old is “older”

It’s a good point. You clearly have a lot more knowledge about the situation than the average joe. Just remember to be empathetic with ignorant people like me when sharing it

Will do :)

oh true, forgot about that

eh, there's places you can spend crypto on the internet these days. But your point still stands

Alternatively you could have the log-in symbolic icon

The dev is very responsive to issues in the github, def go and submit this request there. I made 4 issues and they closed them all within 24 hours.

Fair enough. I can see how the phrase "developing fascism" might mask the severity of the existing and growing problems within the U.S. To be honest, I wasn't really aware of such differences, and think that myself and a lot of other people could learn a lot from that message. I'd be happy to discuss what we both think of as Fascism to make sure we're talking about the same thing.

But also, that wasn't really my main point. I'm not trying to minimize the faults of the US or demonize the Chinese political system. I of course know that there are a lot of forces contributing to the state that it's in, and that there are a lot of factors that keep it that way. And I'm not even especially criticizing the idea of one-party rule.

But the fact is that there are many, varied human rights and freedoms being suppressed in today's China, and those problems have been perpetuated or worsened under the control and direction of a single dynasty of leaders. I've read and watched a lot of accounts of political events in 2021/2022 from people who live inside and outside of China, and I'm forming my opinions on those. Stuff like the inhumane conditions during lockdowns, constant nucleic acid testing, corruption and negligence leading to huge wastes in the housing markets, etc. And I know that a lot of these phenomena were spun up due to how quickly China industrialized as a nation. But too many of them were brought about under the direct orders of Xi.

So when people see criticisms of China being challenged, whether or not they disagree with the idea of a dictatorship, they see it as a denial that those injustices are happening. I think more productive than arguing with someone who you perceive to be misunderstanding something, would be to ask them questions, see where their misunderstanding lies, and to offer information or sources that could educate them or help them educate themselves. When you go into the interaction assuming that someone is trying to paint with a broad brush and accuse them as such, then you're going to get a lot of people to shut down, and then they'll never receive your message.

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