- cross-posted to:
- politicalmemes@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politicalmemes@lemmy.world
Taking a look at what gets upvoted and what is downvoted to oblivion, it’s quite clear what the community at large wants.
We don’t want !conservative@lemmy.world to be just another “serious conservative comm” any longer, they have whole instances dedicated to their kind of “free speech” and other comms as well.
So to that end I have thrown my hat in the ring to be mod and steer this comm to be what people want it to be so show your support at https://lemmy.world/post/25837943
I have also typed out a proposed draft set of rules to keep things from “going off the rails”:
- Parody With Purpose: This is a space for humorous takes on conservative politics. We welcome satire, but draw the line at content that promotes racism, sexism, homophobia, or other forms of bigotry.
- Memes Over Manifestos: This community focuses on humor and parody, not serious political debate. There are plenty of spaces for earnest conservative discussion—this isn’t one of them.
- Highlight Contradictions: The best content points out inconsistencies and hypocrisies in conservative talking points. Creative commentary is encouraged.
- Public Figures Fair Game: Politicians and pundits can be satirized, but no targeting of private individuals, doxxing, or harassment.
- No News Zone: Memes only, news should be sent to the nearest relevant comm
- Clear Satire: Make your satirical intent reasonably clear. We’re here to mock bad ideas, not accidentally spread them.
- Relevant Content: All posts should relate to conservative politics or ideologies in some way.
- Community Respect: Disagree with fellow members all you want, but personal attacks aren’t welcome. Save the criticism for the ideas, not each other.
- Moderation Discretion: Mods will use reasonable judgment in applying these rules. We’ll be fair, but firm.
- Remember The Purpose: This community exists as a pressure valve—a place to process through humor the often frustrating world of conservative politics.
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It seems to me that no matter how serious, any present day “conservative” community will at the very least be constantly confused with Satire. In fact the more serious the participants are about it, the more likely that is to happen.
Self-satire is a genuine problem of what passes for a Conservative Ideology nowadays.
imagine being a conservative. the jokes write themselves
Still its disturbing that breitbart articles, an OG nazi propaganda outlet, are allowed on lemmy.world
I think this comm was the only one of import that allowed them, if I become a mod they will be swiftly removed from here. (I mean I’ll be removing all the news links as per my proposed draft rules, but I’ll be removing Breitbart with extra glee lol)
Cm0002 for presi…eh mod!
I’m glad someone is seriously considering this. It would be nice to moderate the garbage they think is true. If they want lies and hate there’s plenty of places to get that from. I just hope you can withstand the hate coming to your inbox. If you get it good luck.
How can you tell the difference?
That’s the neat part:
You can’t!Conservatism is an unserious ideology - an auto-satirizing parody of itself.
“Things were better when they were worse!” 🤡 💩
The whole idea of conservativism is to hold us back and slow us down, mfs hate on ppl from the dark ages but love being conservative
Lemmy conservatives aren’t exactly quiet, at worst a quick look at their profile will tell you if they’re being serious or not
Plus, proposed rule 6: Clear Satire: Make your satirical intent reasonably clear.
So if I truly can’t tell, you’ll be asked to clarify or it’ll be removed
Please be generous in applying that rule and rather delete than let something vile stand.
Far too many things start as just a joke and then other people join and don’t think it’s a joke and then you get something like r/thedonald.
Oh I know, I’ve been on Reddit for a long time so I know how quickly it can devolve without good care
I will definitely be leaning “better safe than sorry”. Removed posts can always be restored if it was truly satire, damage done from a serious hateful post left up too long cant
this is a valid concern. ty for mentioning.
I think the truth is there are hardly any actual conservatives around here and in general there are barely any ideological conservatives at all. Most people are conservative for reasons other than reason (religion, family, local community, etc).
What’s more shocking to me are the number of conflict theorists around here.
I like it. And have subscribed. I was seeing these these posts, hesitantly clicked, finding m/conservative to be humorous, and encouraging.
Thanks! Hopefully I’ll become a mod and keep the memes flowing lol
I’ve emailed them before the request was even made, and those mfs left me on read 😞
OP if you need more mods let me know, I’ll be more than glad to lmao xd
how can I support this?
https://lemmy.world/post/25837943 is to my request post on !support@lemmy.world
Leave a comment and an updoot so the admins can see the public support, thanks!
done
Clear Satire: Make your satirical intent reasonably clear. We’re here to mock bad ideas, not accidentally spread them.
Personally I really dislike most political ‘parody’ content and discussion because if I’m only getting a very distorted strawman version of an idea, that’s not doing me any favors in being able to argue against the real thing, or being clear on what about it I might object to. If you’re going to regard bad ideas as infohazards that can’t be viewed as they are, there’s not much point in talking about them at all.
iabt
edit that means i agree big time i think rule 6 is stupid
The only rule I have an “issue” with is rule #3.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Only one side cares about hypocrisy and it isn’t conservatives. Pointing it out doesn’t really provide meaningful parody, IMO.
I think rule 5 should be clarified that there should be no news links. Memes to current events, I suspect, would be welcome.
There used to be a satirical Facebook group called “Christians for Michelle Bachman” that was fucking hilarious. I hope this community turns into something like that.
Looks like I’ll have to block this too. I want serious discussions on conservative issues, not mocking and exaggerate to absurdity then pretend that is what conservatives believe.
believe what you want, but your parties side with racists and arseholes every time, so sucks to be you.
Who said anything about any party? There is no conservative party anymore. There are some claiming that, but they all hold positions that are not conservative.
If you are thinking the republicans - I left them long ago.
They would have to post some serious content first for that to work.
Every time I do it gets heavily down voted. It is quite clear conservative positions are not welcome on Lemmy. Just look at your post vs mine for example.
There is no reason for my comments here to be controversial at all here, and yet it is unwelcome. Meanwhile your comment which makes a false claim (if you can’t find serious conservative content that is you are not looking - unless you are strictly referring to lemmy where such content is unwelcome and so of course you won’t see it) gets lots of upvotes.
Bye!
Thank you for your service
