I personally live in a country that has escaped the worst of it, but even so, do you know that I legally can’t enter the US? Not that I’d want to, but it would literally be impossible for me to provide ID that matches their expectations.

The US doesn’t ban trans people or gay people from entering. So what’s the actual reason that would you be banned from entering US?

Fuck nuance.

Which proves my point I was making. You don’t want nuance. I don’t care the reasons, my point stands: you don’t care about nuance.

But please, share your nuance on this topic with me :)

Nah. No way am I jumping in to this fray. I’ll watch everyone yell at each other. I want no part of it. Thanks, though.

So do you think you’re helping people understand, by being jerks and finger pointing every time someone doesn’t 100 percent agree with every single thing you say? (Not YOU specifically, I’m talking some of the more angry, extreme people)

On Lemmy, just asking “Why?” gets people brigaded and yelled at.

Hey, you do you. I don’t care one way or the other. People can keep on doing screenshots and fingerpointing and yelling…but it won’t change minds or hearts doing it that way.

I’ve been on Lemmy long enough to realize that most on Lemmy don’t want to have nuance, or useful conversation. People here LIKE being mad.

Extremism is what brought most to Lemmy in the first place. Most LIKE the echo chamber. It will accomplish nothing though.

So hey, go about being mad, getting mad, and yelling. That won’t change opinions and that’s not the goal anyway.

This. The amount of effort and time that it takes to be an olympic athlete is crazy. I’ve actually met quiet a few in person, through the work I do. Even their ‘light training’ days are insane. Which is why I love the Olympic Games so much, regardless of IOC rulings.

It’s Lemmy. Don’t expect nuance on this. Expect pitchforks if you don’t 100 percent agree with the mob. lol

ITT: Lemmy’s on high alert, scanning every post in this thread for the tiniest crack of nuance, hesitation, or less-than-100% agreement. The moment someone sounds even slightly conflicted or imperfectly aligned, the chorus leaps in with the sacred “transphobe!!” label like it’s a reflex. Then comes the frantic history dive of screenshots, out-of-context quotes… anything to sharpen the pitchforks and prove the heretic was always suspect.

I’m fine with transphobes being called out, but some in this thread are really stretching the meaning of the word. Can’t we all just try to get along?

It’s genuinely fascinating to watch. lol

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Of course you blocked you me. You can’t defend yourself because I called you out for making a false accusation about me, so you stomped your feet, and ran away. Because you got caught for being wrong about me. lol

I didn’t say “horrible users.” I pointed out that people would be upset at what he was saying. And they were. I was right. I even pointed out his downvotes for saying it.

Hmmm, again, there you go showing your bias, and projecting yet again. I’m beginning to think you are really all about just posting misinformation and stirring up shit. You totally made up a false accusation about me. Makes me wonder about what other stuff you make up.

I know exactly what it means.

Now please show me even one example where I’ve said or posted anything transphobic. You’re the one who threw the accusation at me, so let’s see the receipts.

The reason you aren’t showing us anything, is because I haven’t said or posted anything transphobic. lmao

What did I say that was transphobic, then? What have I said or posted anywhere that was transphobic in any way, shape, or form? Please post here so everyone can see. Because you have no idea what you’re talking about.

Weird projection you have going on here.

What are you going around the bends about, mate? I’m not transphobic at all. I’ve never done anything transphobic, and I’ve never said or posted anything transphobic. The Olympic committee decided this, I had no vote or say about it whatsoever. Are you under the mistaken impression that I’m part of the Olympic committee?

Careful about saying stuff like that on Lemmy. If you can’t tell by your downvotes, you’ll find out when they start stalking you. lol

Because the harsh reality is, and this seems to surprise Lemmy, the harsh reality is that most people in the US aren’t really bothered by it. That’s why, even when the protest crowds are big, nothing happens. Because they are still in the minority. Most people in the US, don’t even read news like this. They worry about bbq’s, mowing the lawn, paying their bills, and watching netflix.

Doomscrollers on Lemmy have a very skewed idea of how things actually work. They also seem to overlook how big the population of the US really is (roughly 348–349 million people) and how apathetic most people are.

I know that’s shocking to many on Lemmy. But look at the number of people watching even popular news programs. Then compare that to the actual population of the US.

Lemmy likes to think that there is gonna be some huge mass upswelling of people just shutting down everything. Remember when Luigi shot the insurance exec? Lemmy was laughing and thought everything was gonna change. Most of Lemmy thought his prison would be stormed and Luigi would be carried out free on the shoulders of protesters! And that the insurance companies would tremble in fear!!

But what really happened? Nothing. They replaced the insurance guy. Insurance is right back to doing what it has always done. Luigi will probably go to prison for rest of his life and in 10 years, most people will hardly remember him. (Even writing this, I wrote his name as “mario,” before I corrected it, and I don’t know his last name without looking it up.)

Man, most people in the US don’t care. I’m not giving my opinion on if that’s good or bad; I’m just giving you the facts: there will never be national strikes or shutdowns like you are talking about. If it hasn’t happened by now, it won’t. No matter what Lemmy thinks about it.

Looks like Digg is just becoming the same shitshow that Reddit is.

Great work!

If this means I can run my older of paid-for photoshop without the modern day subscription, then I would think about going back. But I gave up on the monthly subscription part; never again.