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Something that I realized about the fediverse is that you seem to be able to criticize the USA as a whole, but if you criticize the Democrats you get downvoted. Democrats suck they are not sacred cows (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I went digging through your comments a bit to see what you're talking about, and no most are upvoted from what I saw. There are exceptions, like this one:

I think teaching the Democrats a lesson was worth it. They can’t commit genocide and pretend to be the lesser-evil. You can and should oppose both. I am of the personal opinion that evil hiding behind polite decorum is a greater threat than evil that doesn’t pretend to be good. You are free to disagree.

Yeah, no shit you get downvoted for stuff like this. People aren't going to be very thankful you support their suffering being worsed. The people in Gaza also probably aren't super happy that Trump has straight up supported the plan for genocide and taking the land.

Being critical of Democrats gets upvotes. Being a callous asshole who says Democrats "learning a lesson" (which I haven't seen any evidence for) is worth all the suffering the Trump adm. will cause will deservedly get you downvotes.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You stopped at the first downvoted comment that confirmed your bias. Also what is your opposition to holding the Democratic Party accountable for genocide? They had 15 months to change course. They had the election cycle to get a hint and change their position. The DNC wouldn’t even allow a Palestinian American to speak at the convention. Trump and the Republicans being worse is never an excuse for genocide.

Here’s one: https://lemm.ee/post/53700851/17792640

Here’s another: https://lemm.ee/post/52746433/17573189

Another one: https://lemm.ee/post/34065555/12436103

Any comment that points out that it was the Democratic Party that allowed the genocide to happen and created the conditions for Trump to propose ethnic cleansing got downvoted. The Democratic Party could have stopped the genocide, they purposefully chose not to. You should oppose them for this not make excuses because the Republicans are going to be worse.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not going to spend all day going through your comments to prove a point.

The first one is positive.

The second is zero, so probably 1 downvoted, assuming you didn't remove your default upvote. Not really meaningful. It's also dismissive of Trump to shift to Biden, but whatever.

The third if you notice the comment you replied to is positive and implying Biden supports genocide, so it once again proves that comments or posts that are critical of Biden or the Democrats generally get upvotes.

You have a confirmation bias. You want it to be true that comments critical of democrats are downvoted, but it isn't. Usually they're received positively, as long as you aren't being an asshole.

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The first one is positive.

Sure, after you count the 24 downvotes

The second is zero, so probably 1 downvoted

Nope, 3 to 3

The third if you notice the comment you replied to is positive and implying Biden supports genocide

yet another instance of being massively downvoted but ultimately positive by 2 to 3 points

The only thing you've proven is that it is controversial enough for just as many people to upvote as have downvoted, your viewer just only shows the net result. Try viewing these in the browser for a more accurate assessment.