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Like what? Because friend, basically I would post an AP News article, and then get called a Nazi and told that I should be banned from the fediverse. My post history is public, see for yourself. lol
Whole lotta brietbart, americanthinker, pjmedia, dailymail.
Yep and AP News and Newsweek. You'll notice that the brietbart, americanthinker, pjmedia, dailymail postings didn't start till after I started getting the hate for AP News and Newsweek.
I figure if you all are gonna hate no matter what I post, then I can post from wherever I want. :)
And the sources you want indicate who you always were.
You all called me a Nazi. For posting AP News articles! Lemmy has thrown around that word so much, it's losing it meaning. That's how much Lemmy has lost their way lately.
I'm a native american/black dude with a jewish girlfriend. You all have lost your minds.
Oh christ. This isn't reddit. Stop saying reddit shit.
I stand by what I said.
And Lemmy is becoming Reddit lately. lmao
nazi digg can keep their nazis.
Where are the nazis on Digg and Reddit? I don't see them.
HA HA HA ha ha, you think your own race has anything to do with your nazi status? Nobody called you a nazi for posting AP News. Just look at your conservative posts, you barely post them anyway Dr BreitBart. This is DARVO right out the ass
Nope. But it's doubly offensive when someone calls me a Nazi, when Nazis would actively seek me out and destroy me if they were around. lol
I was accused of being a Nazi lots when I was only posting AP News. I was banned from Lemmyworld c/politics because of posting news articles from legit orgs.
Now, to post in c/politics there, you can only use approved and verified news sources.
So in order for me to post there, all sources had to be approved. And they were. They don't allow conservative-biased sources. Which is fine, cuz their community so their rules. So I followed their rules.
But in the end, I ended up being banned. Wanna know why? Because they accused me of being a user called Universal Monk. Who I'd never even heard of before the ban.
So they legit didn't like the articles I was sending, accused me of being a nazi using AP News "propaganda," but couldn't really ban me for posting news articles from their own list, so they then decided I was someone else and banned me. For being someone I never even heard of.
Feel free to look up the modlog. It's public. You can see my posts there.
So yeah, fuck all that noise. Now I'll just post whatever I want. People can choose to read or not, I don't care. :)
DISCLAIMER: Yeah, I know the .world instance is toxic and sucks, but it is the biggest Lemmy instance, so it has a lot of pull.
You were confused with the fediverse's biggest asshole by accident? LOL, you went from "it's their community" to "they used a bullshit reason to get rid of me." You are a side show and a half.
To make my point. I posted a science article to lemmy.world c/science ([email protected]) just now.
It's from phys.org.
Non-political. Good legit article. About dinosaur findings. The article: https://phys.org/news/2025-04-air-pockets-bones-alvarezsauridae-skeleton.html
Immediately got 2 downvotes. Within 30 seconds of posting. People downvoted because they don't like my personal politics. Had nothing to do with the article.
Not very scientific-minded, heh? LMAO
https://lemmy.today/post/27009051
I get the feeling you're putting science as a whole before sociology here. It's self preservation to push those that would damage the herd outside of the herd.
Sure, but it's fucking Lemmy. It's a forum for shit-talk. It ain't the real world. I don't take it that seriously.
But reading the posts of some, and it's like Depression-porn and doomscrolling-porn. Many on Lemmy seem to be happier being unhappy. lol
That's a hell of an opinion to hold. When you don't seek to understand those you don't agree with, you are perfectly ok with them holding onto dissonance that they very likely don't have. I don't think you understand Lemmy, you dismiss it as locker room talk.
Which is exactly how Lemmy is with conservatives and their points of view.
It is locker room talk. Dude, no one has even fucking heard of Lemmy. How many users are on Lemmy total? Maybe few hundred thousand? Not even a fucking dent against reddit, and most people in the real world don't even take Reddit seriously.
You vastly overestimate the reach and influence that Lemmy has on the real world.
Anyone have real numbers on how many users Lemmy has? I don't know right off, but it's small. Very very small.
This simultaneously sounds like "conservatives are a minority and they shouldn't be treated this way" and "the fediverse is small, they deserve to be treated this way"
Nah, I don't really care THAT much. I was just pointing out the hypocrisy of vast majority of Lemmy users. I don't really care one way or the other. I'll continue to post what I want, and I'll continue not taking any of it seriously.
It's legit like posting Raiders stuff to a Broncos-leaning forum on a site that promises they welcome everyone when they don't. lol
People being mad makes no difference to my real world at all.
I'm still retired at 50. I'm still fit and healthy. I still spend awesome days in the park and hiking in the beautiful countryside every morning and evening. Life is awesome, even tho Lemmy says the world is gonna end soon. (it won't end anytime soon)
Go Raiders, by the way. Go Knights. :)
You care so little that when somebody finds a hole in your philosophy that you feel compelled to remind them of how little you care. Something keeps bringing you back to shout into the downvoting void.
That's how you read that?!
Dude, I have no "philosophy" and don't feel "compelled" to do anything. This isn't Star Trek or a legal courtroom. It's fucking Lemmy. lol
I'm responding to your comments.
So when I stop posting, you'll stop posting? What brings you back to a community (all of Lemmy as you say it) that actively rejects you?
When you stop commenting, I'll stop replying to you. But I won't stop posting.
I gotta represent the small minority that pushes against the narrative. Be the change you wanna see, right? :)
You keep hating. I'll keep posting in spite of the hating. All good, yes?
No skin off my nose that you're a masochist.
Good. Because I'm not a masochist. Like I said, I don't take Lemmy seriously. But you seem to. You good?
Yes, both are true. It is their community. But they decided to get creative to get rid of me. And all I did was post AP News and Reuters articles. They are allowed to do that, but my point stands that I think the real reason I was banned was because they don't like conservative points of view--regardless of the legitimacy of the source. Which is a form of censorship.
I'm not banned from everywhere, so no biggie. I still post, so no biggie. But let's not pretend that people don't like me because I post fox news articles. Dude, come on now... You know Lemmy doesn't like conservatives. It's that simple.
And you also know that Lemmy throws around words like "Nazi" and "fascist" way too much and in fact has started to dilute the power of those words. Which is too bad. Because Lemmy is becoming as hateful as the people they say they fight against.
Things I do know:
Things I don't "know":
Life is simpler when you tell other people what they know, not accurate, but simpler.
I get why people throw those words around your posts but it's absolutely not because of your sources. If anti-fascist sentiments offend you, then I have some news for you, friend.
Truth! lmao
Fair point. From our conversation I assumed you would have seen that. My fault.
Yeah, what is something I have said in any of my posts that makes me a nazi or a fascist.
You post bottom-barrel news sources because your high integrity news sources get downvoted? Brother I don't know how to tell you this... It's not who you post, it's what you celebrate.
Yep! The reality is I get downvoted no matter what. Even non-political science articles.
Which is fine because I don't take Lemmy seriously. But it does show that Lemmy doesn't are about fact, they care about the emotional hit of downvoting someone they don't personally like.
I think it's hilarious that they take it so seriously though.
That definitely is a reality, but I don't think you've wrapped yourself around the "why" yet.
Oh I know the "why." Because they don't like conservative points of view. But I'm not changing.
Lemmy is open to everyone, just not necessarily "welcome" to everyone.
But I plan to stay in spite of the drama. So all good.
I thought the GOP was the party of personal responsibility? But you really think you're blameless in this?
I thought the democratic party was the party of inclusion and diversity? But you really think other people are blameless in this?
Maybe it used to be, but a few bad apples spoiled the bunch. I've been hearing more of a social contract approach where you're respected IFF you respect everybody else. Fail to do that and you're as good as a traitor.
Fair point.