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[–] 215 points 2 years ago* (23 children)

>Not a country

>Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken badly about and deliberately mistreated Puerto Rico

>Donald Trump also routinely speaks extremely badly about the country Puerto Rico is in

I'm glad he's changed his mind at the literal last minute, but it baffles me every day how ignorant people can be.

Petition to restart !leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world, by the way.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (18 children)

    Petition to restart !leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world, by the way.

    Every time I make the mistake of visiting that sub, I want to smack the mod who locked it. I don't even know if his grievances were legit, but clearly the only people he's hurting are the folks who would like to post to the sub.

    Edit: Are .world Admins aware? Do they have a position on the situation? Do they give a crap? Anyone know?

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    We're aware. AFAIK, nobody has expressed interest in taking over that community and bringing it back to life.

    @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world would you like to volunteer?

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  • [–] 64 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    It's funny you should ask that; I was just about to reach out to ruud over Matrix and have been thinking about it for a couple weeks. I'd love to if that's alright with the admin team.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    Hey, you shouldn't presume to know what other people do with their free time.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    You can leave your friends behind

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Because your friends don't suck

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I'm so glad you said this so I didn't have to.

    edit: This song was originally sung by the group "Men Without Hats." Because of that, it always reminds me of the webcomic "[http://meninhats.com](Men in Hats)," which is excellent. If you haven't read it, you should.

    edit 2: apparently my linkage didn't work, I guess because of the quotes? Sorry about that.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Here's the beautiful thing about Lemmy and the Fediverse as the whole: Anyone could be a pioneer and create another leopardatemyface community--even in another instance different from lemmy.world. I saw the mod's explanation of locking this community and I think it's a legitimate reason cuz many of us running away from Reddit at least wants something different from the userbase and moderating culture there and .world instance failed to provide it.

    Also, I think the .world Admins are aware, and that they have a position on the situation, and most likely they don't give a crap. That's why like I said, any dissenting users could create yet another similar community and try to lure others in to subscribe to it.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    most likely they don’t give a crap.

    We do, a little. But we also can't manually curate the entire instance. For things like this, it really helps if someone comes and talks to us, especially if they're willing to volunteer.

    I don't think that was a legitimate reason to lock the sub. Often, when you disagree with someone, you can use words instead of mod/admin tools. And that mod created an obvious strawman to rage against. They wanted much heavier moderation than we typically do, and I don't think we're extremely light on moderation.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Not every problem needs to be solved with mod/admin tools. Absolutely nobody said rape was okay.

    "Rape is less severe than normal" is not such a dangerous opinion that mods/admins need to get involved. If you are offended and/or disagree, that's what your words are for.

    I encourage mods to use words instead of mod tools whenever possible.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Don’t Trump call America a garbage can like a couple days before this guy made this joke? It seemed like just an extension of what Trump already said.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yep.

    That's how dictators work

    They'll shit on top of the country and try a self fulfilling prophecy . Over time, people will believe it. They'll create a negative mindset

    Then when they're elected they'll do the opposite. Their supporters will simply change their mindset.

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