Obviously, the history of Lemmy does have a history that skews left. Why lie about it? But I believe that the left is also supportive of free speech, and that does not mean that they have an obligation to include me on their left wing instances or something, but they at least have some kind of obligation to entertain the thought that it is possible to be on Lemmy, on an instance that is welcoming of all sort of content, and post conservative content without being some troll.
I suppose this strikes home with me simply because I hate the idea of being thought of as a bad faith poster.
It’s fine to hate me for my political stances, sure, I get it - I was young and thought all my detractors once were evil…
But, plz, for the love of God, there can be Lemmy instances in the Fediverse that are conservative, and not everything is about annoying you.
Authoritarianism is not a left or right thing, controlling speech would fall under that. You should call it out, but also take breaks, understand with as political these spaces are there will be provocateurs are their will be those that are extremist in their views. Take a break from the comment sections if you just wanna get the news or just scroll, you dont have to go full doom scroll.
Thanks for the concern! And yes, that is good advice.