If things get censored you can never have a discussion about them and I think that's bad.
this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2025
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You can't argue with .ml people. They just want to praise their glorious mass murderer ... I mean, leaders.
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What is rule 1?
Rule 1 is the lemmy.ml instance wide rule "officially" against bigotry, but unofficially and in practice, it's their catchall Rule for any speech they don't personally like i.e. speech critical of Russia/CCP/NK etc
You see, criticism of China = sinophobia = bigotry = rule 1. Easy.
It is precisely, exactly the same tactic as 'any criticism of the actions of the Israeli government and/or Zionists that support them = you are a Jew hating antisemite.'
"Picking quarrels and provoking trouble".
https://chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dictionary/picking-quarrels-and-provoking-trouble/
So basically chinese disorderly conduct
I got rule 1d for saying "BING CHILLING"
That was the entire comment.
BING CHILLING
I did a quick google search and all I got that it meant something like relaxing but somehow managed to be the next "ching chong".
Does it have something to do with "bing" meaning "cold" or "ill" or something else (because the Roman characters are not telling the pitch) and chilling could be "chi ling" or is just chilling in cold or sth?
How does everything become a slur anyway? Someday I might pick up the phone and say "Hello", just to be called offensive.
I still fail to find it offensive, but I guess that's my fault for not finding stuff not offensive when people are not trying to be offensive.
Complains about communist censorship
Tankies censor them
Checks out
It's an accusation framed as a question.
But ya. The banning has gotten out of hand.
A critical mass of precious ideologues? Seems unlikely. I actually think somebody is trying to split up lemmy.
Have you not been in the same world I have for the last decade or so?
I mean you got the "pointless conspiracy theory when behavior can be explained as humans being human" part down but...
We must be familiar with a different species of human. Normal people aren't this touchy... and, I dunno, "tribal".
I actually think somebody is trying to split up lemmy.
I doubt it
It's it all political posting? Has anyone tried a similar post with a pro Russia slant?
How can anyone in good faith support the west?
/s ofc.
I did. On Reddit. And got banned. Now switched to Lemmy, because I thought that mods are normal here, but it seems that either Reddit mods caught up or Lemmy is Reddit in blue. Hope not so!
Lemmy isn't a centrally controlled entity. Each instance has its own rules...
.ml for example is a Russian controlled propaganda instance. Even thinking something bad about China or Russia while browsing there is enough for a ban :p
Thanks for the hint and advice to be aware of potentially changing rules among Lemmy instances. At least there is the possibility to stay in an instance with lesser restrictions.
PS How can the mods in the .ml channel see what I think 😳
They can only see if your instance hasn't defederated. There's also lemmygrad and hexbear for increasing levels of auth commie lunacy.
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Well aside, I love indications that someone has never seen a word in writing. The visual equivalent of a bizarre pronunciation. English is full of these opportunities because it's a creole gone feral. Occasionally you get it both ways, where people never connect appetizers called "ordervs" to a menu section titled "hors d'oeuvre."
Literally!
Rule 1 strikes again.
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