• Jayjader@jlai.lu
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      4 days ago

      When one of the lead devs of the Lemmy backend names their online presence after the enactor/leader of said alleged genocide, it’s bound to come up at some point.

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        And I thought wiki holes were fun. Like I’ve seen that name before on here. I had no clue about the history of it. Lemmy drama is so interesting and tangentially informative.

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        I’m legit surprised it doesn’t come up more. Yeah, Dessalines the OG is a bit more obscure than Louverture, but the fediverse in general and lemmy in particular run heavy to folks that appreciate revolutionary history.

        Hell, I’m not even that into Haitian history, and I’ve read a little bit here and there. Been ages, but still enough to recognize the name when I saw it. When you also consider some of the drama around lemmy dessalines, that nobody looked it up is surprising too