• Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Everyone that has been on the Internet for more than a few days has an illinformed hot-take floating around. You can learn something for a perspective even if it’s not based in fact. Read with compassion and you don’t have to believe everything you read.

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      7 months ago

      Indeed, but this is more about admins banning users from the entire instance because they don’t share the same political views.

      • Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca
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        7 months ago

        That’s fair. I appreciate that every instance host has the right to moderate their community any way they want however moderation rules should be clear and consistent. Banning people for posting respectful criticism of communism is inconsistent with the rules of lemmy.ml

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        6 months ago

        .world does this all the time though, especially if you criticize Israel or Biden (or other CIA projects)

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          This would also be deeply problematic. I’ve seen it posted elsewhere, and asked the same thing:

          Can you back this assertion up with any proof?

          Edit: they can’t, they’re just insulting people with disabilities and don’t like they got called for it.

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            Yeah, I’ve had comments deleted and have seen others deleted that criticized Israel or that criticized Biden’s support of Israel.

            So my own eyes have shown me that this is true. My own eyes have also shown me that .world is run by mods who push an agenda that conforms with the CIAs goals of domestic control over the US population. Which, if I wanted to read that midwit drivel, then I would’ve stayed on Reddit.

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                  6 months ago

                  I looked at your history: you were banned for calling people autistic as an insult, among other things.

                  There’s literally zero obligation for me to verify anything to you, and my identity doesn’t have anything to do with the conversation at hand.

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                    6 months ago

                    Just report the ableism and move on. This person seems to think that everyone is a CIA operative and that autism is an insult.

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              Your comments get deleted because you seem to think autism is a derogatory to attack people with.

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      7 months ago

      They do the shit constantly and dudes profile pic on git hub is still Fidel Castro

      But go off defending these people I guess lol

      • Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca
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        7 months ago

        I’m not defending these people. I’m saying illinformed hot-takes are common on the Internet. However they are an useful opportunity to understand an opposing perspective even if they’re based in factual inaccuracies.

        In my experience, most people are great. If a stranger has a wildly opposing opinion to myself, it’s rarely because of differing values and more likely because of differing experiences.

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          But what we’re saying is that there’s a difference between a mistake/a hot-headed take and a pattern of abuse.

          Patterns of abuse need to be taken seriously and no amount of “we’re all human” will mend that, until they themselves choose reform. Plain and simple.

          People who choose not to agree to the social contract of tolerance, do not need to be treated with tolerance. Period