If there’s a sizeable Jewish population, or probably non-Christian population, I bet they open on Mondays.

Because NYC is far more influential. We’re a soda fountain town.

WNY is a backwards, weird place.

Nope, not at all. All that falls into the intolerant and intolerable category.

Defending capitalism or Israel - or even suggesting that both sides might have agendas - will get you banned in quite a lot of subs here.

Nope, not at all. All that falls into the intolerant and intolerable category.

Defending capitalism or Israel - or even suggesting that both sides might have agendas - will get you banned in quite a lot of subs here.

I think I’m arguing the exact opposite. We should ban/defederate nazis and tankies. But we shouldn’t ban people with different views that aren’t beyond the pale.

You can have a nuanced opinion of Israel/Palestine without being labeled as a genocide denier since it’s still in the fog of war.

It’s much harder to have a nuanced opinion about Rohingya, the Holocaust, Uyghur, Darfur.

Nope, definitely not - which is why I’m not a free speech absolutist. Let those instances sit on an island by themselves.

Exposure to other viewpoints is good. No need to debate. And if you’re on a large instance, you’ll see that. Not everyone thinks alike, there are shades of gray. Discussion is allowed to happen but intolerance isn’t tolerated.

The tankie instances ban anyone for even asking questions politely that they don’t agree with. It’s a total monoculture and I assume they’re mostly still kids, because everything is black and white and can be solved without any nuance at all.

Per say is a giant pet peeve of mine.