If so, do you consistently report it and get the feeling that it gets dealt with? Of course there are instances dedicated solely to being human trash

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    I agree with your first sentence and that’s what I meant when I said “radical exceptions”. I think the issue is many people coming from Reddit will equate anything that is right-leaning as racism or hate speech. Like I don’t want ernest to be in here during the US elections banning magazines supporting the Republican candidate

    Sure, get rid of the users talking about how the Jews control the world or are going on frequent racist tangents. But I think there’s a lot more to gain about getting perspective from a place I might not necessarily agree with than just getting rid of it altogether. I hope people can be mature enough here to feel the same

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      Yeah for sure, political debate (done in a constructive way) is always helpful for both sides.
      Extremism are to keep separated from political views, from both sides and that’s why I don’t hang out in Lemmy’s main instance too: because (while most people in there are cool) there are a bunch of self proclaimed “communists” that takes the sides of Russia in the war of Ukraine or denies the genocide of the Uyghur ethnic groups operated by the Chinese government.
      And they use the same catchphrase the far-right extremists use: “don’t believe what mainstream media tell you”.
      That’s because extremism is not a political problem, is a social issue. Extremists only use politics to have a justifiable outlet.

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      Like I don’t want ernest to be in here during the US elections banning magazines supporting the Republican candidate

      Just to be clear the last time this happened anywhere online was r/The_Donald, which was objectively a radical exception promoting racism and hate speech while also being a sub “supporting the Republican candidate”. You are being misleading.

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        when you declare something “racist and hate speech” there’s not a consensus on what that means. For example, I think affirmative action is very racist, yet people who strongly oppose “racism and hate speech” openly and happily support it.