Apparently "nationalism is bad" is an uncivil take. Unless there's another reason someone would ban this comment... 🤔
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2025
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Lmao
Try this:
Criticizing the US, Russia, Israel, and Hamas all in one go, gets banned anyways.
Edit: Btw, those Chinese students aren't necessary "brainwashed".
There's a chinese idiom called: 隔墙有耳 (Literally meaning: There's an ear on the other side of the wall)
They know everyone is watching and listening, so they don't feel safe speaking what they actually believe, especially not in public.
People criticize the government all the time, behind close doors with people you know.
lol wtf... that comment was not even bad... deff some power trippin going on
the two dudes who lead lemmy development and run both lemmy.ml and lemmygrad both deeply and truly suck at being decent human beings
My account has extensive "criminal" record with .ml
I am a bit more provocative, top comment here got banned for an a mild opinion lol
they must be getting tired of being drowned out by common sense.
Ever notice how they frequently respond in pairs as well? Wherever you see one spewing bullshit Marxist quotes and libraries worth of links, you’ll find the other.
I worked on a piece of software where they thought I was the same person as the two other folks, because we spoke/sound alike/had similar timestamps.
Really it was because we'd get group chatted the message and respond at the same time.
Nutomic is second in command of lemmy.ml
Is that real?
https://lemmy.ca/post/26211900
Hundreds of people seem to agree it is.
Valid, and perhaps the "brainwashed" statement was an unfair one, though in at least a couple cases, the emotion behind the words felt very genuine. On the flip side, there was at least one standout conversation with a particular student where the opposite was true, so perhaps each case deserves more nuance than the blanket statement of "they're brainwashed."
EDIT: That ban is actually beautiful, btw. The hate the "regulars" perpetuate while going untouched versus bans on comments like this speaks far louder about the belief structure of the mods than any back and fourth with them could.
We really should defederate from this shit
infosec.pub
defederates the big 3 (lemmygrad.ml, hexbear.net, lemmy.ml)
Yes, until then we can each do small things like
Crosspost actual decent content in a .ml comm to a non-.ml comm (a perfect opportunity to grow smaller comms)
Call out their BS whenever you see it on other instances
Screenshot their Tankie propaganda and post it here
Advise newcomers
Make memes about it
Downvote any .ml community post you come across and then see 1st point
.world has already defed'd 2 of the 3 of the Tankie Triad, but I've been seeing a lot of "sticking heads in the sand"
I have no idea why it’s taking so long.
You were supposed to only criticize the US and Russia, you homophobe!
Getting banned from .ml is a badge of honor!
Don't even feel bad
Local girls? In my neighborhood?
That EXE crash error was really coming from the mod lmao