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I'm not only not religious, I bill myself as pretty anti-religious. So, wrong. Trying to attack me personally with some made-up trait about me doesn't make you right just because you dislike my correction. Nice straw-man though.
Nor am I republican, nor am I against drag queens, or any other bullshit made up trait you can think of. I'm wholly for the equal treatment of all humans, regardless of ... well, practically any trait you could categorize a group of people with.
What I AM against, however - is liars and people who try to misconstrue factual information.
To me it seems that on lemmy (as it was/is in reddit) the majority of users is leaning more to one side (if not the extreme side) of the ideologies and people who try to be reasonable get quickly shut down for not fitting this or that narrative. That's sad in my opinion because all it's doing is replicating what used to be the norm on the opposite side of the spectrum and you can clearly see that most don't even notice it. For all intents and purposes they believe 100% that they are right and therefore no nuances are allowed, period. But you know, maybe the biggot is you for not accepting that last 1% of the current narrative... I feel I'm in the same boat as you though.
That's the state of the world today unfortunately. You either fit into this perfectly defined "slot" of people, or the moment you deviate from it even a smidge, you're put on the "You're against us!!" side.
I've gotten so tired of it, tbh. Doesn't look like nuance is allowed here on Lemmy either. I'm hoping that'll change. I was hoping that the diaspora of people here were kind of the "early adopters" that made the initial reddit so great - but it doesn't look like that's the case this time. Honestly, I'm not even trying to stir shit either. It would be refreshing to actually discuss these topics honestly though - without this...what I call "listening to reply" stuff. I guarantee I wouldn't see any of the people here as my enemy in the real world. But I am an engineer and programmer. I work with facts, logic, and when something is even slightly misplaced, things break. So likewise, I dislike misinformation or logic that doesn't flow right.
FWIW, you're not alone in your disappointment. I like Lemmy but critical thinking is in short supply.