If things get censored you can never have a discussion about them and I think that's bad.
You can't argue with .ml people. They just want to praise their glorious mass murderer ... I mean, leaders.
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.
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.
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."
Rule 1 strikes again.
Literally!
"Oh, this is calamity! Calamity! Oh no, he's on the floor!"
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