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[–] Clutter@sh.itjust.works 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (12 children)

I was banned from lemmy.ml outright for asking if someone that was responding to me with obvious Russian propaganda was a Russian, because he was spouting obvious russian propaganda, I thought maybe he was and was being fed that propaganda.

I was banned for being racist by asking if someone was a Russian. Which is a nationality not a race.

And yes, I was also pointing to facts that where contradicting their made up stories about Nato etc.

It seems to me that lemmy.ml is a Russian misinformation outlet.

[–] fake@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It seems to me that lemmy.ml is a Russian misinformation outlet.

Yes, but they don't even get paid. Schmucks.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Don't the lemmy devs get paid?

I used the "T" word and was banned. Let it be known, it was a thinly veiled excuse, they just hate I brought up Taiwan.

[–] pet1t@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Barging in on this week old thread. Had Dessalines also accusing me of "racism" after commenting "found the russian" on what was obvious pro-russian propaganda.

anyway, fuck the tankie developers. fuck Dessalines.

edit: typo

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[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 21 points 3 weeks ago

trolls parroting a made up story

So close to self-awareness

[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe they're butthurt that Russian casualties are getting close to one point five million.

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

They get so mad over there when you remind them that Russians would stop dying if Putin would pull his army out of Ukraine's territory, including Crimea.

[–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

A 3-day "operation" getting stretched out into a 4-year-war is clearly a winning strategy you guyse

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Blue Morpho? Clearly just an alt account of The Monarch.

[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Or could he be Dr. Z's one night stand?

[–] deft@lemmy.wtf 7 points 3 weeks ago

Yogthos is such a stupid person I literally can't believe how anyone takes them seriously. He's been saying this for genuinely YEARS

He's like those trump supporters waiting for "the kraken" with that whole Sydney Powell shit. I remember a guy who had fuck Joe Biden on his roof in Christmas lights and then had a sign in his yard that said "RELEASE THE KRAKEN"

6 years later the kraken sign is down and you can still see the outline of fuck Joe Biden on his roof from where the sun and rain wore on the more exposed parts.

Fucking loser that guy is.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

Don't even bother they're brainwashed and determined to stay that way. I'm sure there are legitimate Russian propagandists among them, but most of them are poor deluded souls.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, is thumbkey completely controlled by dessalines or can it be forked if they decided to get huffy?

https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

Because it's pretty damn cool.

[–] fake@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

AGPL license, nothing stopping anyone from forking it anytime.

[–] mergingapples@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm using the thunder app, how do I shut them out? I'm getting rather sick of their garbage too.

[–] Archimedes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Waaay ahead of you.

. ml is cancer

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh thanks. I'd blocked a lot of communities from .ml manually, but didn't ever notice that instance block option down there.

If only the other groups of rabid culty nuts on Lemmy were so centrally located. :/

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

lemmygrad, and hexbear is another one to block. individual users not so much.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Eh, I'm kind of willing to give them this one. The "Your orcishness is showing" line is pretty close to bigotry.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

If anything, orcs don't deserve being compared to russians.

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

'> complains about being banned for bigotry

'> claims that an entire nationality is worse than a fantasy shorthand for inherently and irredeemably evil species

I think the mods got it right dude.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

Maybe that entire nationality shouldn't exhibit exclusively traits of an inherently and irredeemably evil species.

MLs are banning everyone who disagrees with their narrative regardless of rules, and you know it.

[–] TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't collectively condemn Russians just because their government and most of their boomers suck.

Like there are a lot of Russians who hate the current situation. But Russia is at a point that speaking out means prison.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 6 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

My life is literally at risk just by me living and working in Ukraine. Forgive me if I don't have much sympathy for russians living their lives safely and funding the terrorism with their taxes.

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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's straight up racism bro

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 4 points 3 weeks ago

I wasn't aware russian is a separate race now

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