Basically I’m looking for a heterodox political lemmy community where moderate opinions are valued and the level of discourse is pretty good. Where people are there to talk and there’s not as much venting.
heterodox political lemmy community where moderate opinions are valued
Aren’t those requirements definitionally exclusive?
You’re looking for a unorthodox political community, but one that favours orthodox opinions?
Heterodox, not unorthodox.
Well, you could make one.
I think that unless you come up with some sort of very-well-selected moderation rules, though, you’re gonna tend to wind up with either an echo chamber or people getting upset.
From what I’ve seen so far, lemmy is pretty radical left. I doubt you’ll find folks saying anything good about moderate opinions.
What counts as moderate?
Whatever most people in real life would say is moderate.
I not only haven’t seen such a thing on Lemmy - I haven’t seen such a thing on the internet as a whole for at least 20 years or so.
Gone are the days when reasonable people could discuss and debate issues. Now it’s just shallow, virtue-signaling dogmatists crashing around hurling rhetoric, fallacies, and cant in the general direction of anyone who bears a passing resemblance to their sworn enemies.
I would love such a thing, but you will only find echo chambers and snark.
One of the great tragedies of our time that people can’t have dissenting views and still be civil.
really depends on what “dissenting views” means to you, though, doesn’t it?
Nah I think dissenting is pretty clear. If two people disagree then they have dissenting views.
Ok but theres a huge difference between a disagreement on precise tax brackets and a disagreement on racial superiority. Some opinions should be met with hostility
