The fuck? It seems I have been lucky. Most people here follow the “don’t argue politics” advice.
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socsa@piefed.social 3 days agoFrequently bigoted old men. I'm in a very liberal area, and still, hardly a day goes by where the morning "check in" calls don't take several very problematic detours about trans people or crime statistics or both.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
tankplanker@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah, they usually have me changing band as I want well away from that, i don’t want them hopping across.if I stay there But even just unprobalamtic farmers chat ain’t going to be appealing to most kids.
red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Ah, so that hasn’t changed. I last had contact with hamradio through a friend 25 years ago and it was just what you described. Bigots, racists and otherwise unpleasant men. And it truly was all men. I was interested in this hobby, but why would I pursue this if almost all people you’d talk to were assholes?