this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.

Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.

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Make sure you follow this instance's code of conduct. In other words we won't allow bellyaching about being sanctioned for hate speech or bigotry.

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Context https://lemmy.world/comment/14641595

Anyone, who doesn’t tread the „destroy Israel“ party line gets banned from [email protected]

Edit: although people here hate Israel and different opinions with a passion, nobody could cite the actual rule I broke.

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[–] imaqtpie 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

This is Lemmy. IRL Israel is doing whatever they want anyway. It seems apparent that the chilling effect doesn't affect them whatsoever.

This isn't a court of law, it's simply practical advice about how to act on Lemmy so that the platform can grow and succeed. Sometimes you lose the battle but win the war.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t think a platform that promotes antisemitism to a wide audience is worth growing.

[–] imaqtpie 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Okay... first of all, opposition to the Israeli actions in Palestine is not equivalent to antisemitism. That's just a fact.

People who are antisemitic are definitely going to take that position, but most people take that position for completely different reasons.

Secondly, the growth of the platform will inherently change the nature of the discourse. If we get tens of thousands more users over here, the conversation will change drastically. That's why starting from a position that challenges the dominant mainstream discourse is an advantage for Lemmy, because that position is guaranteed to be diluted as we grow.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld -1 points 7 hours ago

opposition to the Israeli actions in Palestine is not equivalent to antisemitism. That’s just a fact.

Obviously not. Demonization, delegitimization, and calling for the destruction of the only Jewish state is antisemitic though.