Keeping hexbear is like keeping Nazis on the site.

This is the sort of respectable, civil discourse we love. Just wholesome comparisons of people from all the groups the Nazis targeted to nazis themselves. Completely reasonable. If we just get rid of those damn hexbears we can have nothing but completely reasonable, normal, civil, non-"extremist" takes like these.

I'm going to engage you in good faith, even though I don't truly think you deserve it. Of course we want to "propagandize the fediverse" because we think our opinions are correct. If we didn't think our opinions were correct we'd hold different opinions and want to propagandize the fediverse with those other opinions (like you do). Being a "centrist" or "apolitical" or whatever is itself an ideology, and you are no less trying to push your ideology than we are trying to push ours.

For what it's worth, Reddit already tried to "nip this in the bud" by "defederating" us years ago. That's essentially what the quarantine system on Reddit is. It's supposed to be a death sentence for a subreddit, because you can't view the sub on mobile or without a verified email, it never gets advertised anywhere, and any time you try to navigate to it you get a "this subreddit is bad and very no good, you should go elsewhere, are you sure you want to see this terrible content?" And we kept growing during the quarantine so much that the admins had to make up an excuse to ban the sub entirely (and then many other subs which overlapped in userbase, as well as a couple subs that were basically unrelated, just to really stamp out any hint of our userbase).

Defederating from us won't solve the problem. Just like on Reddit, we will continue our legitimate criticisms of the system and we will continue to grow and influence the political climate of the fediverse and, unfortunately for the likes of you, there are no Reddit admins here to ban us. Basically what I'm saying is, it's impossible to get rid of us so you might as well just get used to being called out when you say bigoted shit.

Also we never dogwhistle. We don't have to. We're open and honest about our beliefs. Ask us anything, we'll answer it, with sources where applicable.

from 70 years ago?

lmaoooooo

a racist neo lib instance and should be defederated

We would never suggest defederating, we love bullying racist neolibs

Here's my favorite introductory text on socialism, by Albert Einstein, which is the "left" as opposed to "liberal" that you mentioned.

I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says, "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time; and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

Idk if Hexbear is the first/only place they went or just where most ended up

There was a discord server right at the start, but there was drama as there always is with discord and it quickly split into the discord group and the hexbear group basically as soon as the site went up. (this was like a week or two after the ban iirc)

The way they tell it, you'd think everything from DW, to Fox, to Propublica, to straight up AP News articles, are all written by the same people.

They are, it's called the capitalist class.

And your information is incorrect, hexbear is one of the oldest Lemmy instances, and we've always been among the most active. My account is over 3 years old. It's just that we only federated recently.

man in glass house throws stones

it amazes me that there exist dumbasses on your level lmao

the user you just replied to made their account a year ago and has an extensive post history