Actual arguments? There weren’t any in the thread, nor is this post celebrating the militarisation of police; it’s pointing out the hypocrisy that the countries they praise also militarise their police

That’s why it’s hilarious that you’re whining about whataboutism and then saying that everyone should take offence. So which is it, bud?

and lmao, who am i bootlicking?

Everyone should take offense to the militarization of police and copaganda.

wHaTaBoUtIsM

Get real.

Please follow the revisionism rules. Don’t call users shills

Be mindful of the Revisionism rule. These ain’t bots.

Murder fantasies are much weirder.

Have a read through this

Don’t be ableist. remind me to unban you in a week

ah, let them learn just like what happened in Iran

I was fairly active in Voat when it was around. I was the only dissenting voice there. It was always shit well before T_D was banned. Voat has always been filled with neo-nazi extremism following the ban of /r/uncensorednews, which is a neo-nazi subreddit. It’s actually what got me interested in extremists to begin with.

Anyways

I think horse-shoe theory is a bunch of bullshit, but that’s because I think left-right is a bunch of even worse bullshit. From my experiences, extremists all share the common trends of violence, anger and bigotry; the only flavour is hatred. As for the paradox of intolerance, know that it grants exclusive abilities to the tolerated, which becomes intolerable of everything else. It’s a part of the paradox that’s rarely mentioned. I tend to avoid it, really, just seems like people who use it want to justify censorship.

I believe if your argument relies on the semantics of words, then your argument is pretty weak.

Semi-related, but how do you feel about my moderation? Being impartial is sometimes quite difficult

Emotions run high. Makes it difficult to see the bigger picture.

WW2 was complex and nuanced, especially outside of Europe, and extra especially in the Middle East

Wikipedia is worth shit-all ever since Tides took them over.

Try some more reputable articles than a propaganda outlet by hedge funds.

that’s exactly why Lemmy is destined to fail. They had so many users when Reddit fell apart, but then the dumbass tankie devs started booting and insulting all of the reddit users

Mention lemmy now outside of Lemmy and it’s handwaved ‘filled with bigots’

At least mastadon is still going strong

Not being able to read isn’t much of a brag

Nor is it a strawman. I can link you to so many other users who say the same as you do, and how many times I try to explain to them that no, there’s no shilling on Lemmy.

It almost seems like satire… Until you realise they’ve been at this for 6 months and 300 comments

regardless the mods support this, so… yknow

Oh, this tired trite again.

ffs, they’re not fake. They ain’t bots. They ain’t federal agents. They ain’t foreign agents.

Not every single fucking idiot out there is fake, not every bigot is fake, not every extremist is fake. I’ve said it over and over and over again. Think logically.

Why would shills bother with Lemmy when they’re already extreme? Why water a floodplain, you know? They’re already converted; they don’t need any more shilling. Why wouldn’t they pull all their resources to mainstream social media like twitter or reddit, which has everyones attention? No international news or big influencers exist on Lemmy. It is a loss of resources.

People are just extreme. Being paranoid and calling everyone you don’t like a shill or a bot ignores the fact that some people just have extreme views. They ain’t bots, they ain’t shills, they’re just bigots in safespaces and afraid of discussion. Pretending that extremists naturally don’t exist makes you as paranoid as they are. This community has been called psyops, and myself a foreign agent more times than I can count. You’re not a shill. I’m not a shill. Don’t stoop to their level, basically.

(I’m not saying they aren’t affected by shills. The propaganda they willingly consume originates from psyops on different websites, but they aren’t the prime target)

Honestly I may make a new rule where you can’t call them fake; it’s handwaving their bigotry and extremism. They are real people.

You’d think more people would realise this

yes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NdE9CjkvTY Tankies have since disowned this event, but they still attended them lol