Meh. I have a pretty detached perspective on socials. I like it here and I’m fine with it being a safe space or even an echo chamber and I really don’t care too much about the upvote downvote stuff aside from it potentially affecting reach. We tend to pile on whichever direction those are trending because we’re dumb humans. What I like is that I can dive into the fecal hell of other media and wash off my eyes a little here. Usually. Something that’s always been aggravating about the fascists is that they need zero proof before they run with an idea to the point of actual insanity based on an uttered lie from one of their bootbearers. I’d like to hold the rest of us to a much higher standard but, you’re right, it really is like we’ll take any headline or statement we don’t have an issue with as true without a second thought.

Is lemmy just the new source of bad fucking info here? I struggle through the goddamn ads and trash and see the same voice that orange weirdo uses for everyone. It’s not a slow Newsweek.

Yeah… same here.

This article is fun but it’s like 90% irreverent filler.

Nah man. They are. Mexican immigrants are American. I used to proudly open a talk with something similar to “I’m proud of this country for many reasons but most of all because of the concept what an American is. Few countries will give you a title with citizenship. Indian and become a citizen? Boom, you’re American. Immigrate from America to Haiti and you won’t be Haitian. You can’t become an Italian. But anyone can be an American” I’ve since refined and now recently rescinded most of those ideas but the core concept holds. A Chinese American waving a Chinese flag is just as American as a white man waving the American flag. It’s great because you can love your home country, others home countries, and your current country (USA) at the same time because it’s a melting pot that was founded by (not originally inhabited by. We can get into that later) immigrants with the eventual promise of opportunity for any others. Wave that Mexican flag. Scream that the US shouldn’t even deport anybody. You’re an American and everyone gets a say and you wouldn’t be waving another flag here if you didn’t love two countries. Or at least, the people in them.