Almost everything on Lemmygrad top lists are posts showing lib/fash/libfash content. Like, I get that they’re mocking and calling out such content and absolutely not echoing those sentiments, but it’s still super depressing. Not an exaggeration, I see more libfash stuff from Lemmygrad than I see on Lemmy.ml or explicitly lib instances. Posted ironically or not, it’s super depressing and definitely doesn’t help my mood or my enthusiasm for socialism, and it’s not just limited to dedicated libfash mockery communities, but most major Lemmygrad communities are filled with libfash.
I definitely don’t want to antagonise anyone who posts that stuff, but IDK, I miss when Lemmygrad was almost all about sharing communist content, not sharing libfash, even in mockery.
I understand what you mean and I agree we can have a bit more focus on good things coming out of AES as well. As far as discussion goes I feel like there’s a decent amount of discussion happening and this particular sub also focusses a lot on small chat, which is great.
I encourage people to just start communities themselves as well, even if you don’t always have a really big topic. I started one about leftist stickering for example that I plan to get more active in the next few weeks/months. Maybe other people have ideas as well?
That being said, I also see the importance of these posts as well. I think it’s good to keep an eye on liberal and fascist discourse to see what their views on things are. I myself am part of and active in some centrist and right wing subreddits for discussion for example, as I think it’s a crucial part of being an activist to keep up with their ideas. But I understand that it can be tiring/depressing/taxing on the mind. Feel free to rant or vent whenever you need.