Thanks for your sentiment. Even tho I didn’t practice brevity in writing to you, I’m not actually THAT worked up by it. I mean, their actions did inspire me to post more and comment more.

But my political outlook and Lemmy is a very small, hobby-ish part of my life. I’m recently retired so I have lots of time. My Lemmy posting is usually just in between the other fun projects I work on.

Lemmy is still a relatively small community, so the same names often pop up. Which makes it seem that I’m more active than I really am. I check in daily at different times during the day when I have time or am eating, but I’m not on here for hours at a time.

And that’s also the reason I can’t give you a reasonable critique on the current material conditions of our country. I’m not that educated or well-spoken. I’m pro-union, pro-worker safety, and pro-privacy. I subscribe to socialist material and enjoy reading it and supporting it. And I may start a local chapter of the Socialist Workers party (the party I voted for in the election).

But I am by no means a philosopher/scholar in socialism.

Thanks, friend!

This is good news!

Oh I post all my stupidity publicly! What’s funny though is that you thought I was being serious.

Not only do I know that’s not how things works, I don’t even actually buy eggs. I have 4 hens in my backyard, so I get all my eggs from my own yard. I only have chicken feed during deep winter. The rest of the time they forage. So my eggs are pretty cheap. And organic.

Thanks, friend! :)

Well looks like that mayor disagrees with you and chose a different approach. And she’s a Democrat. More Democrats will see it and then they’ll adapt. So you better prepare for your coming annoyance. The Republicans don’t support you. And now more and more Democrats don’t either.

Hmmm, if only there were a third-party option. But nah, why change the status quo, right?

Looks like worshiping the duopoly hasn’t really worked out for ya’ll. Oh well.

Thanks, amiko!

I’m not cheering for facists; I’m cheering about Democrats’ (and Lemmy’s) significant losses in the recent election.

My experience prior to the election was crazy—I faced downvotes, jeers, false accusations of being a Russian agent, and was banned from several communities and an entire instance.

Why? Because just a few months ago, merely mentioning support for third parties would get you labeled as a fascist or a Nazi troll.

Ironic because now, dissatisfaction with the Democrats has made third-party discussions far more acceptable. But way different vibe just a few months ago.

My ban stemmed from sharing a Newsweek article about Trump’s rising poll numbers before the election, which led to hundreds of comments and DMs accusing both me and Newsweek of lying.

So when Trump won, confirming Newsweek’s reporting and vindicating my decision to post it, I laughed for a good 15 minutes at least.

Lemmy had turned into such an echo chamber that dissenting from Democrat adoration wasn’t tolerated.

After being banned, I thought about the importance of diversity of opinion—a value that should be upheld on Lemmy but wasn’t. In response, I joined other instances, created a few of my own instances under alt names and VPN’s (so that I won’t be silenced, not to ban-evade and troll), and I decided to share news about Trump amidst a barrage of anti-Trump coverage.

Me posting articles that present alternate viewpoints isn’t going to end the world.

So no, I’m not supporting fascists. I’m applauding the breakdown of the Democrat-led groupthink that dominates Lemmy.

For the record, I didn’t vote for Trump. I supported the Socialist Workers Party candidate, Rachele Fruit.

I’m still a socialist. It’s just now I’m anti-Democrat due to my Lemmy experiences.

By attempting to silence and ban me, Lemmy created my cause. Now, I’m determined to speak out more frequently and more loudly. Under this name and others.

So thanks for trying to silence me, Lemmy. Now I have a cause and won’t go away. You all should have just ignored me rather than try to get rid of me. :)

I have four hens in my backyard, so I have zero clue what eggs even should cost, since I get them from my own chickens.

I just found the article interesting. Guess we’ll find out. But I’m stoked to see what happens!

Funny how the Democrats who become more “Trump-like” become better. Hmmm…

Trump is blatantly violating the first amendment rights of federal employees. A business could fire someone for putting pronouns in their emails, the president however, cannot.

I disagree. But I guess we’ll find out what the courts say. Thanks, friend!

Yep!

Yep, Boost is what I use too! Love it!

I’ll have more money to buy $12 eggs, because of all the federal crybabies who’ll quit because they’re mad that they have to actually do their jobs now. Tax refund, baby!!! :)

As in punished by going to jail. You won’t be thrown in jail for calling your boss an asshole (or even a “jerk”)–thanks to free speech. But you can def get fired for calling your boss an asshole or a jerk.

And plenty of people do.

If it were as cut-and-dry as you say, then people wouldn’t be fired for posting shit on facebook, even in an unofficial capacity. And that has happened under BOTH political parties.

I’m not arguing fair or not fair. I’m just saying how it’s interpreted by our legal system.

Freedom of speech means you can’t go to prison for saying something.

It doesn’t mean you don’t have to face whatever consequences your workplace chooses.

Example: You can call your boss an asshole. You can’t go to jail for calling him an asshole–because of freedom of speech. But you can very much get fired for calling him an asshole. :)

hahahahahahaha :)

That’s what they get for fucking around and worrying about censoring anyone who said anything against them, instead of getting good candidates.

Right?! It’s awesome. I’m fit, healthy, have great gf who puts up with my Lemmy love, I have enough income to last the rest of my life AND I have plenty of time and ability to say whatever I want, wherever I want.

If you all wouldn’t have been such jerks, I’d probably be bored of Lemmy by now. But whoa, I feel like the fun times are just getting started!

I have the drive and the time to learn all about the fediverse, so I can make sure diversity of opinions are celebrated, and not silenced. You all inspired me so much. Come on, isn’t that awesome?!

There’s a reason you all lost the election. It’s because of attitudes like yours. You mock. You ban. You don’t even try to listen. You assume ill intent at the first sign of disagreement.

And you lost. Against Trump of all people! lmao

I’m having a glorious, delicious time watching it all.

I haven’t stopped grinning since election night. And I didn’t even vote for the guy! But I sure as hell voted against you all. :)

No, but ya definitely jumped in on the efforts to ban me. And you supported it.

Now I’m on several instances. And the admins on those instances saw what happened on .world and they ended up supporting me. And they were dismayed at the censorship they saw.

So when I say “you created me,” I mean, “people’s behavior in the .world communites” created me.

Seeing how you all treat and falsely accuse people who don’t agree with you, ensured that I will never ever vote Democrat. And ensured that I’ll be sure to point out all the faults of the Democrat party. Forever.

I even created my own instance to ensure I’ll keep speaking up. And in the process of creating several more. And I just purchased some servers. I gotta expand beyond the UniMonk brand, right?! It’d be a shame for someone to just see the UM name and automatically defed. :)

I’m fully retired now. I will never be silenced again. And it’s awesome. So thank you, friend! :)

Nah, not baggage. I just wanted everyone to see how horribly you failed at censoring me just because I didn’t worship the duopoly. I’m sooo glad all my posts and the modlogs are public. I get to actually cut and paste links to prove what i said was accurate! It’s awesome!

And Trump won. Of all the fucking people to beat you, it was Trump. That’s how pathetic the Democrats are.

I guess instead of trying to ban people who didn’t agree with you, you should have been working on getting better candidates.

I was right. Trump WAS rising in the polls. You all said it was propaganda. It wasn’t. It was fact. And he won.

Meh, I didn’t vote for him tho, so…

Oh yeah, I’M STILL HERE. I’m not going anywhere, friend.

You created me. How’s that feel? :)

How’s your leftist Jill Stein / Socialist Party thing going?

Great! I just posted some socialist articles today to the Socialist Workers Party communities I mod. Thank you for asking! That’s so nice of you to remember!

Looks like you found a, what, 4th or 5th instance to use?

Clearly, there was a focused effort to silence me. After all, I didn’t vote for Biden, so obviously, I had to be censored, right?

To ensure I could keep speaking out, I registered my name across several platforms. My communities are across several platforms. This way, there’s no single authority that can silence me.

You know what’s really ironic? Your attempts to ban me actually inspired me to diversify my presence and actually post MORE! Isn’t that great? The beauty of the fediverse is that no single person or opinion controls everything.

.world actually created me. Now I’m all over the place! I even started my own instance! So thank you!!

Just think, if you would have just blocked me, rather than banning me, I’d probably be posting to one instance and no one would ever see what I post. But you all inspired me to really spread out!

Isn’t that something? Hey, do you remember the good old days when I was accused of being paid by the Russians and that I’d disappear after the election? I’m still here.

Remember how upset people were when I said I was going to vote for a third party? And now, look, many on Lemmy are advocating for third parties after feeling let down by the Democrats.

And remember when I got banned for posting an AP News article that reported Trump was rising in the polls? And now, it turns out he actually won. So much for that article being ‘propaganda.’

It’s funny how things turn out, isn’t it?

I’m not going anywhere, friend. Thanks!

Oh, this sounds like a fun observation. Except that I’m not right-wing, and I haven’t been radicalized.

I’m actually socialist. I voted socialist party, and I will continue to vote socialist party.

Just because I post articles that I find interesting, doesn’t mean I agree with all of the content.

But hey, let’s have a conversation. Here or in private DM’s. I’m fine either way.

What journey do you think you have watched me go on?

Thanks, friend!