The original post was some tankie propaganda, whining about how capitalist authoritarianism oppressed their stupid shit, meanwhile, the modlogs are full of the dipshit mod for that community banning and removing everyone that so much as whispered in the oppose direction of their little echo chamber.

So, I did what anyone with a few extra minutes and a healthy understanding of the concept of hypocrisy would do- I created an opportunity to allow the mod to step up and prove me right.

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[–] 14 points 12 hours ago* (2 children)

Yep, my prior identity before my instance shut down was banned from there for similar reasons. Bitter little troll runs it. Makes you wonder how they intend to convert people to their way of thinking if they don't have the patience to engage in thoughtful discussion about differing points of view. If you can't make your point, then maybe you don't have a point to make?

Never mind the assumptions made about the people they're banning in order to "justify" the ban.

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  • [–] 1 point 59 minutes ago

    They don't want discussion, they want to spread propaganda. Propaganda works better if there is noone pointing out that it's misinformation or some kind of false narrative, so they ban everyone who dares to explain that. It's the same modus operandi as has been used in reddit subs like theDonald/conservatives/latestagecapitalism since at least 2016.

    They also know that they're not going to convince most people, but they don't need to, they only need to convince a small number of people that both sides are the same and that voting is pointless for a hypothetical 49.9-50.1 election to turn into 50.1-49.9.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 hours ago

    Makes you wonder how they intend to convert people to their way of thinking if they don't have the patience to engage in thoughtful discussion about differing points of view.

    "It's not my job to educate you!" /j

    I get that there are trolls and people engaging in bad faith, but it feels like nearly nobody has any patience for differing points of view anymore. Disagreement or just unfamiliarity is now some sort of unforgivable moral failing, no one is allowed to have previously held a different opinion that changed, and people who agree with you but not to the same level of extremity are the worst of all because they are traitors. Insane fucking purity tests. Keep us all fighting each other instead of ever being able to coordinate enough to effect any change.

    So damn frustrating.

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