Whatever you say.

So I actually DID look it up and according to the American heritage dictionary it’s:

Favoring reform, open to new ideas, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; not bound by traditional thinking; broad-minded. synonym: broad-minded. Similar: broad-minded Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism. Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.

I don’t see anything there relating to Zionism.

Sure ok. A liberal is a left winger that supports Zionism, I guess.

I do object to you implying that I’m part of the problem just because I haven’t searched the exact definition of my beliefs. Exactly how did that get us into this mess? I know what I believe whether I’ve properly labeled it or not.

Thank you for taking the time, a lot of time, to help me. It’s much appreciated and very polite.

Thanks for the comment. I may sound lazy but I’m not looking up liberal either. I know I’ll find 10 different definitions. To me it’s just left and right and people can pick nits all they want.

Thank you for not scolding me.

Let me explain this from a newb’s perspective. Maybe I’m not the only user here that literally just surfs without greater knowledge of the inner workings of the platform.

I left Reddit in the exodus. Found Lemmy through an online search for alternatives. I don’t really understand federation. Thought it was kind of like Borg technology, you know spread across the globe instead of calling one location/company home, so safer. When I signed up 3 years ago I really don’t remember what it was like. I selected .world because it sounded generic and all encompassing, I guess. I didn’t know each instance had a bent. To be honest, I still don’t. This post seems to imply the mods are pro-maga or anti free speech or something, but when I peruse Lemmy I don’t see any of that, in fact it feels pretty liberal to me. But once I was called names for belonging to some horrible instance which was hilarious to me because I wasn’t even sure I had a choice.

Later I saw a description from someone of all the instances, but that was HIS opinion. But I figured, sure I can change, what do I care. As long as I see similar content (memes, news, asklemmy, til-style stuff, etc), but I didn’t see how to do it. The pullout on the side showed my instance but not really how to select a different one. So thank you for clarifying. But, to be honest, I have no clue how to “select one myself” now anymore than I did back then. The only thing I’ve seen is that .ml is probably not for me. I could be jumping into the fire from the frying pan only to have someone later tell me how horrible my instance is and that I should change.

I see that piefed is intercompatible with Lemmy, but that’s literally all I know about it. Why do they both exist? Were they two different platforms that just decided to link? Also if I create a new account, how does that hurt .world? Shouldn’t I delete my current account too? I didn’t really subscribe to communities but I did tag some favorite posts. Can those be transferred? It’s all very confusing to me because I have a life and a lot of stuff to do that’s not studying every aspect of federation. I just want to come here to unwind.

So how do I do that and which instance do you recommend?

You know, I’ve moved on to sources other than radio too and kind of forgot they ARE still a thing aren’t they? LOL. But yeah, that used to be ALL we had.

Yeah, I think you’re right. Mine was Like A Virgin, and it was super popular so I imagine a lot of people love it. And I hate it for being over-played.

I’m old, so I remember what it was like to have presets on the radio and I’m not even making this up. One time that song was playing on ALL five of my preset stations in my car, at the same time.

It’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to me!

Was walking from the condo where I lived to the pool hall across the street with my sister. This involved cutting through some bushes and then crossing a sort of busy street with sidewalks on both sides. We successfully made it across to the other sidewalk when a car pulling out of the parking lot turns in our direction. This was all normal. Then another car quickly pulls out of the same parking lot, overtakes him and whips in front of him forcing him onto the sidewalk just a few feet from where we were, like if he hit the gas, he would have run over us. Then an SUV rushed in from behind us along with two other vehicles. Cops jump out with guns drawn and start ordering the guy out of the car while pounding on the glass with the butts of their guns. We’re like practically one of the cops we’re so close. Obviously the police had no idea two people were going to suddenly appear in their drama from behind some bushes. Glad we didn’t get shot or run over. Could have really ruined our evening.

Man, it’s scary how many of these hated songs I like.

Like a Virgin - Madonna.

We had trust?

My two favorites are Psych and Alphas.

Oh no! Anyway…

I kind of don’t think they would fire on Americans, at least I hope not, but I believe this administration will push that as far as it can and so far with Congress approving everything, they’ve gone much further than I thought they would. I’m scared. I hope you’re right.

It took you 8 years to get to level 11? Holy crap that sounds like a great campaign.

I do think that they think it’s a compliment. I guess they don’t have any women in their lives to smack some sense into them.

Well I’d like to believe that, but for every competent person he fires, he replaces them with a loyalist and he hasn’t had a problem finding people to serve in his cult. Look at ICE. His own personal gestapo. The military follows orders. They demonstrated that when they reported for duty in Democratic states. Also think of the monumental consequences of disobeying an order.

I hope your right. If they don’t find a way to stop the election, they will get trounced.

Did he really just say that?