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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Be nice. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements to private messages.
  7. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] swordfish@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What to do then in a situation where civilians are killing other civilians?

[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Its wrong for anyone to kill civilians, what are you talking about?

[–] swordfish@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Civil war. When one group of civilians is going against another group of civilians.

[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Do you think that the union army or the Confederate army were civilians in the American civil war?

Civilians = non-combatants

If they're engaging in warfare, they aren't civilians

[–] swordfish@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That is very USA centric, so I dont know the background enough there. The argument i am trying to make is against the "there is no justification" part of your statement. A similar statement would be there is no justification to kill anybody ever. Sounds all good and valid, until shit hits the fan properly. If you read my question as "killing civillians is fine" then that is an incorrect interpretation.

[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Killing should only be done in self defense. Dropping bombs on civilians is not self defense

[–] swordfish@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I got no argument against this formulation. Unless of course someone would threaten to kill my family unless i press a button and then random people die and my family gets to live. Not self defense, not combatants. I'd press the shit out of it anyway.