• Dupelet@piefed.socialEnglish
      46·
      19 hours ago

      ‘Centrist’ is a dirty word, and that’s a blatant misrepresentation of the community.

        • Dupelet@piefed.socialEnglish
          123·
          18 hours ago

          Fuck off with your ‘apathy’ bullshit. You have no idea what I do outside of that community, or how I think. A place for people to relax and forget some cares is not ‘apathy’. You want to be seething and raging 24/7, you do you.

          • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netEnglish
            38·
            18 hours ago

            I don’t have a choice whether My gender is political. Whether My species identity is political. Whether My neurotype is political. The truth is, everything is political.

            But people like you want to transform politics into a dirty word, one that can be used against My gender, My species identity, My neurotype. You want to encourage people to fear and hate politics. That’s the complicity. That will always create a breeding ground for fascism.

            • atopi@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              3·
              9 hours ago

              my gender is political too; that doesnt mean i want to be constantly reminded of that

              i would be surprised if anyone on lemmy isnt aware of how bad things are in the world

              • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netEnglish
                3·
                8 hours ago

                You shouldn’t see politics as only the bad things in the world. Politics is your gender too, and your gender is great. Politics is great stuff too.

                • atopi@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                  1·
                  6 hours ago

                  my gender is political only because some people decided to hate it. They forced me to stay closeted for years

                  politics can be about great stuff, but there are specific communities for those already

            • Dupelet@piefed.socialEnglish
              122·
              17 hours ago

              But people like you want to transform politics into a dirty word, […] You want to encourage people to fear and hate politics.

              Stop ascribing malicious intent to me that does not exist. I’m sorry your life sucks, and you have to fight for your right to exist. I wish you could take a step back and see the value in a place where you can stop fighting, stop raging for a moment and just be yourself. Even if you can’t however, realise that others who are in the same position as you may value that place. Don’t tear it down for others just because of your current state of mind.

              https://piefed.social/post/1668914 about a trans kid and her parents, is the 2nd highest upvoted post in the comm. The discussions in there speak volumes.

              • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netEnglish
                28·
                17 hours ago

                I like political movies like Star Wars. Political books like The Hunger Games. Political music like Enter Shikari. Political games like Frostpunk.

                For Me, politics isn’t the same as fighting. That’s your worldview. You’re the one who thinks politics is being angry and hurt. For Me, politics is life and joy. And what you are doing is resulting in people forgetting that all that joy they feel comes from politics.

                To Me, that meme is political and it’s fun, and as a trans person, I would hesitate and worry about posting it on your community. Because the message you are sending, regardless of your intent, is intimidating to people like Me. You can’t control that except by admitting that politics is fun.

                I love gathering around the board game table to play Secret Hitler or Coup. I bet you like politics too, and you’ve just forgotten it. If you’re not a centrist, then admit that you’ve had an absolute blast with politics some of the time.

                • Dupelet@piefed.socialEnglish
                  82·
                  17 hours ago

                  There are a lot of definitions of the word ‘political’. I made it pretty clear in the rules that I was referring to Trump, the megacorps, and general gloom and doom of the day stuff. By that definition, none of your examples are ‘political’. Yes, you have your own definition that differs, but since we’re discussing the community and what it stands for, that’s the one that matters at the moment.

                  Star wars? Hunger games? Frostpunk? Sure, post content about them, I’ll be the first to upvote them.

                  It sounds like you’ve ascribed a definition and intent to the community that’s very different from what I stated in the sidebar, in which case this is actually just a semantics discussion of what ‘politics’ is.