I have increasingly been assuming the shitjustworks instance is all right wing lunatics and libertarianisms

Your #1 mistake is assuming that users on a decentralized social media instance are a monolith.

This thread, then, mostly gets answers which are on the mildest end because those who actually hold opinions out of step with the majority know damn well not to speak up, or, well… be immediately othered

Bigotry against the bigoted isn’t bigotry.