That's untrue. It's veered a bit to the extreme left more than right wing. At some point those two cross paths in a methodology Venn diagram even if the two have very different social ideologies
Xaszatm didn't really want people hi-jacking this thread away from the core reason it was started, but I'm sorry, I have to say, that is complete bollocks. Have you seen the current dilemma raging throughout the US where both people running are accused rapists and some on this forum have been essentially saying "don't you dare have issues with rape when it comes to voting"? -
https://www.resetera.com/threads/we...ult-victims-on-this-site.181172/post-30832385
And in fact, keeping it related to the reason this topic started, it's probably one of those statements that actually make Resetera harder to use for some when "extreme left" or "far left" or any of that nonsense is used as a cudgel. Usually to essentially say to people around here "simmer down and don't be so noisy when you complain about injustice, you're making some think this is a far left forum!". And usually those "some" are the trolls and agitators who drop by here to screencap things and post on Twitter Resetera is "far left". All while Resetera's HQ, if you like, is America for all intents and purposes (American owners/biggest chunk of users), a country that seems to have forgotten what bitch ass basic "left wing" even is. While it calls AOC and others communists.
But I would be very interested to know what your definition of extreme left is and how that extreme left is becoming a
threat to Resetera? So much so we're apparently getting the Venn diagrams out to show how the extreme left on Resetera intersects with what I presume you mean to be the extreme right.
Given that you have an avatar of Ian Blackford, a Westminster leader for a party which calls itself centre left, I really am going to be interested to know what your definition of "extreme left" is? You do realise that the SNP party, if run in America, would probably get called far left even by some Democrats? My point being it confuses the fuck out of me when I see left wing British people stating this forum, of all places, is somehow far left. To take a punt this forum is undoubtedly a mixture, its 40,000+ people, but if you take the hierarchy down to the most prominent users, a left wing bias probably, at most.
But to think this place as a collective is extreme left or far left or whatever. Just no. Many arguments around here are as centrist or centre left as they come (often from places of privilege). Most people on here who might be Republicans/right wing just aren't waving a flag of bigotry or racism or such because it's a quick ban of the account. Right wingers here who support Boris or Trump need to be "smart" about their posting history, but they're here and in reasonable numbers. Given that the average age of Resetera seems to be in the 30s, even some of the young idealism that better things are possible is dying around here. A reinforcing of many on the left actually being
dismissive of grassroots political movements for change or leaders who want to be a bit more radical about systematic upheaval.
While I wouldn't say this place is veering right wing, posters are probably, in this moment, saying that because they view it could
only be right wingers who downplay rape. But people are quickly finding out you don't have to be right wing to do the whole "but we're talking about our side and our side needs to win no matter what".
