I have started to see a few conservatives on mastodon. I also know of a at least one dedicated far right wing instance.
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I should say that I dont agree with these people, nor I am interested in hearing their baseless assertions and I dont really feel like making this a venue for me to make political arguments... never the less...
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It warms my heart to see them here. The only way forward for mastodon is diversity and inclusion.
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It warms my heart.
@NthTensor I'm hoping you're being sarcastic but this post doesn't seem sarcastic...
@Sweet_Tango_Chill I am not.
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What many people (you and me included) love about mastodon is how insular the platform is currently.
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However, I am sure that most people would also like to see mastodon grow and continue to be supported.
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These two ideals are in total opposition. We can not be insular and grow. However, we can grow in a safe way. I would rather have conservative instances I can block, than less people on mastodon.
@NthTensor I guess that's fair enough. However I worry about any environment that allows the far-right to organise. It's the nature of this beast that they will come and do that though, all we can do is push them away from ourselves and fight against them radicalising people.