Share your interests, whether niche or common. I’ve figured news tends to skew negative, and I’d like to see the hive talk about what they love rather than what they hate.

POSITIVITY PASSION SPACE GO GO GO

  •  t3rmit3   ( @t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) 
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    3 months ago

    My main sub back on R was /liberalgunowners, which was a space for Left-leaning folks to discuss firearms, training, community defense, and everything else vaguely firearms-adjacent, without having to worry about right-wing gun nuts stepping in (those mods were seriously saints). It also very actively eschewed the Tankie tendencies of the SocialistRA sub.

    It is/was a very chill and friendly place for people to learn and share, and saw a lot of great interaction with other left-leaning firearm groups (LGC, NAAGA). It was especially nice to see it become a hub during the Trump years for LGBT+ folks who felt that they needed to learn to defend themselves, and had a lot of resources for connecting them with vetted trainers local to them (e.g. through Pink Pistols/Operation Blazing Sword).

    As much as I’d enjoy seeing a community like that off of R, I’m not sure we have enough interested folks here to sustain it.