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His claim was: "Lemmy is chock full of bots, but it’s also full of people who are democrats, liberals and leftists that will stop at nothing to harass people who share conservative ideas."
That isn't a political argument, it has nothing to do with conservatism. It is, however, a pretty accurate observation given the fact that you will presumably claim some sort of leftist ideology and you are part of the harassment squad.
Nothing I said was in defense of conservatism, I stated that it existed and there are other conservative parties and ideologies that are not MAGA. This isn't an opinion, it's Political Science 101.
Getting offended that I'm giving you Wikipedia articles is rich. Maybe don't ask such ignorant and basic questions that can be answered by a Wikipedia entry.
Here are conservative parties that are not MAGA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conservative_parties_by_country
It is massively ignorant of you to, incorrectly, assume that I'm a MAGA. There is nothing I've said that could be construed that way and I'm sure that I'm left of you politically.
You're confusing 'people who disagree with me' with 'MAGA'. I disagree with the harassment, that doesn't make me a conservative.
That's because it is a red herring (there's a Wikipedia article for this too), it has absolutely nothing to do with the conversation.
The conversation is about "people who are democrats, liberals and leftists that will stop at nothing to harass people who share conservative ideas". Somehow this has triggered a wave of downvotes and harassing comments, why? Nothing that he said is incorrect.
The reason why is that you can read his statement and infer that he isn't a leftist, democrat or liberal and therefore you join right in on the harassment of him and anybody who tells you that you're wrong. You baselessly assume that the people disagreeing with you are MAGA.
This whole thread is full of ignorant harassment.