Lemmy only exists because the people who were too much of an asshole for reddit (they got banned) decided to make themselves a place where they can’t fully be banned. So, ya, there’s still that core of the “I hate everything” asshats that can’t be gotten rid of.
On the other hand, the huge influx of people that abandoned reddit for moral reasons or because they became a fascist propaganda machine are typically very liberal and open minded (woke). But I find that there’s not much room to have nuanced discussions when every such conversation gets brigaded by the small group of haters and their army of alt accounts and bots.
I also have noticed a massive influx of paid shills here pushing divisiveness, “anarchy”, violence, and “social tolerance” fatigue (they ostensibly are promoting social awareness and causes, but go out of their way to insult what is already a woke group). Unfortunately, this attack on social values works well when you have a group that hates everything already. People just aren’t interested in nuanced discussions when any opinion they voice gets them attacked by what appears to be “both sides”.