Allow me to enlighten you by illustrating how both sides are absolutely not the same

Some highlights:

There is a stark difference in the means with which the two groups engage in acts of extremism. In a study evaluating Left-Wing and Right-Wing domestic extremism between 1994 and 2020, there was one fatality as the result of Left-Wing extremism, versus 329 fatalities resulting from Far Right extremism in that 25 year period. [5]

The Far-Right movement is the oldest and most deadly form of domestic terrorism in the United States, and The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism found that the Far-Right is responsible for 98% of extremist murders in the U.S. [24] Furthermore, for nearly every year since 2011, Far-Right terrorist attacks/plots have accounted for over half of all terror attacks/plots in the United States. [21]

In the U.S., Right-Wing extremism was responsible for two-thirds of all failed, foiled, or successful terror attacks in 2019, and was responsible for 90% of attacks in the first half of 2020 alone. [21] Since 2013, Far-Right extremism has been responsible for more terror attacks/plots than the Left-Wing, ethnonationalism, or religiously motivated attacks/plots. [21]

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These are excerpts from a blog post of mine, but I have ads turned off and do not benefit in any way from it.

I was really unhappy with that change in the last update as well...

I couldn't find a setting to change it back to the actual numbers, but I think that should absolutely be an option in settings.

As you said, the numbers provide a lot more information regarding engagement/views/how controversial a comment/post is.

Some people may feel it's frivolous, but I'm considering a new app if it remains a percentage.

Nicely done OP. This is the best post I've seen on this community on lemmy.

Also amusing how many ignorant and uneducated people are calling your take/nuclear energy "stupid" simply because they don't understand it.

"Nuclear = bad" is about as far as their level of thinking goes..

What an utterly stupid statement... She's refusing to contribute to committing genocide, but that's not enough for you. You think she should kill herself too...

If everyone refused to contribute to the genocide, then there wouldn't be one either. There's no reason young people resisting conscription should be making futile self-sacrifices. She's already sacrificing her freedom in refusing to participate in a genocide, and spreading awareness and dissidence.

I have a key fob faraday cage/pouch keychain to prevent people from being able to dupe my key fob's signal.

It's the best shopping day of the year. I couldn't care less about football, but I love the superbowl because it means stores and roads are empty.

I stumbled here from browsing all, and want to be open that I'm a cisgender male; I don't want to come off like I'm misrepresenting myself.

I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for the adversity and prejudice you've experienced.. it's heartbreaking...

As others have said, you have many accomplishments to be proud of. I think it's impressive. Even if you're feeling weak, you clearly aren't a weak person to have accomplished what you have, let alone in the face of adversity.

I've just gone back to school to work on my counseling masters, and my professor tonight was drilling home the essential need for a sense of community and support. If there are relevant support groups near you, I would highly encourage you to join one. The fact that you're posting here is great.

I don't know you, but I care about you. You say you feel like giving up, and that can mean many different things. Sometimes that means giving up on living, and I want to share these international resources with you (and everyone else here) if you ever feel like taking your life.

I can't even begin to imagine what it is like for you or others in this community. But I sincerely empathize with you and I wish I could be there for you. If you are in the US, there are warm lines in many states that have individuals trained to be supportive listeners. Here is NAMI's helpline directory.

I understand I'm out of my element and that this may come off as out of touch and like putting a band-aid on a bullet hole. But my heart genuinely goes out to you because I can feel pain in reading your post, and this is the only way I know how to help.

I really hope you don't give up. I mean that as sincerely as I can be. You sound like a determined, strong and tenacious person to have done everything you have. I hope I can be that strong and accomplished.

My first thought reading the title was "Better check his posting history, probably alt right."

They are certainly outnumbered on lemmy and face factual rebuttals without insulation of echo-chamers.

It basically is...

A good practice is to check who funded the given study. Look under acknowledgements.

In this case, it was Zespri International Ltd. "the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit"

The purported benefits claims are from self-assessment phone surveys..

Definitively no suspicion of bias in this research...

The incels in western society are just as unhinged and bizarre imo. I'm not sure how prevalent they are in Europe, but they're very much a problem here in the US and Canada.

Some campuses have such horrifyingly greater rates of rape too... It varies from campus to campus, but it's a systemic issue. Source

That's actually a pretty compelling argument.

But then again, I don't think Nixon signed onto have his head in a glass jar. Is parody not an exception?