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[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

@geneva_convenience.ml banned me from world news for disagreeing with a post cheering for Iran's strikes against Israel and called me a centerist for saying both regimes are pretty fucking evil. They also deleted all my references to the fact that the Iranian regime regularly and recently have executed people for the "sin" of being gay. Fucking disgraceful abuse of power. Prick.

[–] Undisputedscoop@discuss.online 2 points 6 hours ago

So many of these dictators want men to not be gay, but then they go around taking all the most beautif women for their personal harem.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

called me a centerist for saying both regimes are pretty fucking evil.

That's... What? I want to ask so many questions, but I know none of them could ever be answered.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 1 day ago

Anti genocide crowd has a lot of these types...

Pro Russia and pro Iran 🤡

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it fits the narrative, it doesn’t matter if it’s real or not. Apparently.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.cafe 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It would be hilarious if it wasn't so damaging

I have seen them, completely unironically, try to use a US State department link as evidence that the Uyghur genocide wasn't happening (Even though only it's title made it seem like that, if they had actually read it it concluded that it just wasn't the "kill everyone" kind of genocide, but the "kill their culture" kind)

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even though only it's title made it seem like that, if they had actually read it it concluded that it just wasn't the "kill everyone" kind of genocide, but the "kill their culture" kind)

Oh, so genocide.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Yeah, I have seen the same person both argue that the re-education to force Uyghurs into chinese culture is not genocide, but the native american resident school system was.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s funny because I’ve specifically gotten multiple removal reasons from Hexbear after saying something like. “I’d prefer to live in neither authoritarian China or the US”

and I’ll get a removal reason like: “False. What credible sources have said the people’s republic is authoritarian? US State Department doesn’t count”.

Which strikes me as super weird cuz I never mentioned the state department myself.

Glad I’m on an instance without Hexbear, at this point.

[–] mgnome@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, the amount of times tankies called me a "CNN talking mfer". And ahem, I've never read CNN news in my life. And usually that was something about country where I live that is Ukraine.

They're like hate USA, but are still too America-centric to not assume that maybe someone writing something about Ukraine is actually from here and didn't get his data from American media that is hardly relevant in here.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago

Don't you know they know better about you than you do, stupid!

[–] renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i bet they're cheering Duda on right now, even though the guy is a far-right nutjob

[–] mgnome@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That'd be the most pathetic nationalist tankies ever cheered, leagues away from "Hero of the Soviet Union" Gamal Nasser.

[–] kuato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I think it’s pretty credible if both sides are saying it and Duda did indeed say it.

The Kyiv Independent: 'If someone doesn't like it, we'll close it' — Poland's Duda calls out Ukraine, allies over attitudes toward key military aid hub