it’s just a common theme that belligerent assholes will go around insulting people until they get a slap on the wrist from a mod, then pivot to acting as if they’re some free speech warrior who has been unjustly silenced.

idk how to spell this out for you more.

cold warrior got a temp ban on two comms, not the instance (and it’s already expired) for calling people you don’t like russian.

k.

unless it was on a different account i don’t think you got banned at all. i see one comment that got removed for ‘be respectful’ cause you were saying that peoples view on china was without nuance and a sub-middle school orientation. essentially showing up to argue against a caricature.

not as pathetic as making multiple posts crying about getting a 24 hour ban (it expires in an hour) for posting low-effort bait.

i’m just highlighting that some of the people eagerly supporting you ‘owning the tankies’ are pro-ice transphobes, talking about wanting to purge them.

if you actually care about authoritarianism i’d expect you to be a little more concerned about those sort of people surrounding you.

Yes or NO. Very simple question.

i’m not here to debate you about how much people should respect the gestapo, officer

actually i meant this one:

also here’s you shittalking after renee good got executed; fuck ice and you’re clearly on their side

@Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com this is the kinda person you have agreeing with you about how bad ‘takies’ are

these aren’t even ‘tankie’ instances and i can see your transphobic comment right there in the modlog.

it was a joke, as is calling a 24h ban for intentional trolling ‘censorship’

i loved how all i have to do is read the modlog for people talking about wanting to ‘purge’ ‘takies’[sic] and it’s shit like this:

The fact that I got all of the ml replies at midday in China

it’s like 8pm in china right now, how is that midday

banning someone for 24h for obvious trolling is way less authoritarian than whatever rimu’s up to

oh no a 24 hour ban!

idk how this is hypocrisy, you got plenty of responses for some of the lowest effort trolling i’ve seen

there’s also a block component to that as well, his ‘qanon’ blocklist is something you toggle on and can manually edit it via ui; it pulls from a github he runs and contains leftist sites like grayzone as well as sites like wikileaks.org.
here’s how the interface works, you either click every button on the list or edit the database/use a different one

quoting davel here:

domain blocklist, which is not mandatory on install—though most new instances choose it—and can be removed by an admin with either the patience or the database skill to remove it.

relevant thread for what i’m referencing

as long as the technical implementation is not biased.

Piefed has been baking in biases though, like adding a bunch of leftist/international sources in a huge blocklist labelled ‘qanon’, which if you then want to disable it’s got to be done manually.

Not to mention clear disregard for breaking activitypub interoperability.

Edie getting caught up in the ban wave 😭

how dare people read the posts he makes and have opinions!

wait until they conclude that you’re all just my alts

i did qualify that it’s important to read things critically; there can be things which you take away that resonate even if the source is problematic. for example his sentiment of wanting build a society where he would be eventually also be eliminated for being too right wing. generally i try not to limit myself to any one author, i’ll even read marxists for their perspective.

that said it does take time and effort though to read things critically. that’s why i point out that just straight up saying ‘read proudhon’ is not doing anyone any favors, isn’t educating people, and just looks like posturing. it also reminds me of people saying ‘read bookchin’; another guy who makes some good points, but also has a lot of issues and should really be read critically.

Maybe i should try audio book but that’s harder because i’m deaf.

i have a lot of friends who swear by audiobook, but i can’t really focus on analyzing what’s being said if it’s being read to me.