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Our biggest offender would, but they're currently serving a 3-day ban for Sealioning (public mod logs are awesome).
TIL there's a public mod log
Yep! And I would suggest everyone look at.
Don't worry, he'll return 2 Lemmy soon.
Hey there! You're right.
Is there a link for this?
Hi! :)
So you’re admitting to sea lioning? Bold move
Nope. But it's public that I had a 3 day ban for it. Modlogs are public, friend.
Got it. That certainly makes everthing about you make a lot more sense. And I’m not your friend.
Friend, they have said it before because it's true. They are just here to change how Americans vote in a way that leads to fascism, on purpose. If you believe that useless rules can be used to stop that, take it up with the mods. Thank youuuu!
So you don’t think rules can stop a single fascist from posting propaganda? They’ve been banned shit tons of times for it. Eventually they’ll be banned entirely.
No one takes them seriously here anyway.
I was being facetious because this motherfucker gets away with so much. This is a parody account.
[sea lion noises]
What an echo-chamber cop-out. Asking for claims to be backed up is trolling
Ah! Look what we have here, right on cue.
Yessir, reporting to defend democracy from efforts to keep candidates off ballots
Lol, whatever helps you sleep at night.
Defending democracy... By working as hard as possible to elect the guy who wants to end it!
Weird flex.
Banning political opponents from participating in an election is the end of democracy already.
Nobody is banning anyone from participating in an election. Want to be on the ballot? Follow the state rules. Otherwise, mount a write-in campaign.
Now address the fact that you are working as hard as possible to elect the guy who wants to end democracy.
Jill and every other third party candidate is banned from several state elections. Write ins arent allowed in most states.
False. Had they simply followed state laws, they could be on the ballot or mount write-in campaigns. Only nine states entirely disallow write-in campaigns: Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Hawaii.
Again, false. Forty-one states and D.C. all allow them, but there are rules to follow to have your write-in candidacy counted.
Now again: Address the fact that you are working as hard as possible to elect the guy who wants to end democracy. I'm not going to stop asking this and let you dodge it.
Its hard to beat American intolerance isnt it. Democrats shout everyone should get along while throwing shit at multiple groups. Republicans just do the throwing shit part.
This country needs to wash the shit off their hands and learn how to actually work together for a change.
I'm with ya, brother!