If so, was it polled somewhere?

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        anyone i’ve ever met claiming to be a centrist was in reality uninformed politically and using the label as a shield for their similarly uninformed takes.

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        we’re centrists. we hold the political center between anarchism and Marxism-Leninism.

        Is that an inside joke? Because outside of Hexbear and maybe 1930s Catalonia, “between anarchism and Leninism” is extreme left.

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          Is that an inside joke?

          Answering genuinely, yeah it is lol

          That being said, what is considered the “political center” varies a lot from place to place, a lot more than just 1930s Catalonia.

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              You do see how many of us are being treated though right? Some of us are going in hot, but most are interacting reasonably, then getting slammed with bad faith complaints and accusations,

              Its incredibly frustrating, I’m sure you can relate

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                Let’s tally up the replies to me from Hexbear users.

                • One insult.
                • One taunt.
                • One helpful reply with a little pushback (which might be deserved).
                • One reply expressing frustration with how Hexbear users are treated collectively.
                • One troll.

                So a minority of Hexbear users interacted reasonably, while the majority of Hexbear users did not.

                I know you personally can’t do much about your instance’s users making a majority of posts in bad faith, but Hexbear as an instance has a bad reputation across the Fediverse right now because of their behavior.

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                The more I look the more I see a severe clash of values between Hexbear and SIJW (and most Lemmy instances). Most Hexbears act like spewing insults, trolling, and supporting murderous dictators are blows for righteousness. On the other side, those Hexbears come off as juvenile delinquents wearing Red Guard armbands as they spray graffiti, break windows, and take offense at being told off.

                Until Hexbear culture quits sanctifying insults and trolling, a lot of doors are going to be slammed in your faces.

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                  Half of what you said is you disagreeing with our politics

                  Im sure the people you think are ‘the good guys’ politically are evil murderous dictators ‘democratically elected representative of the people’

                  The systems you support, tacitly or directly are violent by nature, yet you think dissent against it is acting in bad faith

                  Its absurd, and it’s embarrassing

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          According to fascists, sure. Just because fascists call us extreme left doesn’t mean we aren’t actually centrists.

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      It’s technically a leftist website, but only due to me: The One True Leftist. The rest of them are libs