Image text (Morpheus meme format)

Red pill:

Let people who pretend to know nothing about vaccines decide who can get what vaccines

Blue pill:

Let people who pretend to know nothing about guns decide who can get what guns

Red pill:

Let the weapon industry dictate gun policy

Blue pill:

Let big pharma dictate vaccine policy

I don’t know if political memes are allowed in this community. So far, I’ve mainly just gotten psychological abuse for posting this. I’m usually braced for this stuff after a past of over a decade on reddit, but some of the responses have gotten to me a bit.

That’s enough venting, sorry.

  • SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world
    2·
    7 hours ago

    I’m usually braced for this stuff after a past of over a decade on reddit, but some of the responses have gotten to me a bit.

    Like, why post this at all then? What are you actually trying to achieve? Do you think this will influence even a single person’s opinions?

  • FrostyTrichsMA
    21·
    10 hours ago

    I wouldn’t worry too much about downvoting. People see something they don’t understand or don’t agree with and that’s the easiest way for them to express that they don’t agree. Political stuff in particular really wears on people so the reaction is often negative even if the content isn’t particularly edgy or offensive. You’re good mate. 💚

      • FrostyTrichsMA
        2·
        10 hours ago

        FWIW there are instances with downvoting disabled if that continues to bother you. crazypeople.online is setup that way but registrations are closed at the moment as part of the preparations for an upcoming move. There are others out there but I don’t know them off the top of my head, sorry!

          • FrostyTrichsMA
            2·
            9 hours ago

            I think it’s important to remember that votes are nothing more than a knee jerk reaction to the content, and that doesn’t inherently infer anything about their feelings towards the OP. It’s also important to remember that while most of Lemmy/PieFed migrated from reddit the culture here is quite different for better or worse. Opinions will vary significantly from instance to instance. Some are more serous than others. 😜