cumrags lend your critical support for genocide - Lemmy
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1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?

https://quokk.au/u/Deceptichum

2. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?

74 year community ban for ‘homophobia’

3. Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).

4. Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).

here’s the exchange that resulted in the ban:

5. Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

I’m gay, trans, and an anarchist. I thought the post title was misogynistic, objectifying, and not a good example something that should be in a ‘queer friendly’ space.

Not everyone is okay with sexual degradation humor, misogynistic comments, etc, even if it’s about people you disagree with. Pointing that out in this case got me called a homophobic tankie and banned within minutes of making the post.

  • calliope@retrolemmy.com
    213·
    15 hours ago

    Oh I’m sure someone who immediately resorts to “you disgusting piece of shit” is usually on the level.

    Like, what the fuck? That’s an insane overreaction to someone pointing out that “cumrag” isn’t super friendly.

    “Homophobia,” ok. Ban me from the silly meme community too, then.

    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
      42·
      14 hours ago

      I see many posts and comments by them, that aren’t just rage, so I’m inclined to not make a rash judgement.

      • calliope@retrolemmy.com
        123·
        14 hours ago

        And yet I blocked them months ago because of all of the insane rage spam. They might post other things but I can’t with the rage.

        I clicked on the account and was like “oh hey that checks out.” So I looked from another account.

        Literally the post we’re talking about has “cumrags” in the title.

        Sorry, no thanks. When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time.

        • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
          53·
          14 hours ago

          🤷 you’re entitled to your opinions, I’m entitled to my “this isn’t what I’m used to from that guy”

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
        113·
        14 hours ago

        I’ve never once had an interaction with them that wasn’t them immediately attacking me or other users. I’ve never actually seen them act chill before.

            • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
              62·
              10 hours ago

              I wish anarchist instances would either declare a specific school of theory and vet their applicants, or else just accept that they’re normie instances.

              • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
                61·
                10 hours ago

                To be fair, Marxist groups do this too. It’s just something that happens on the left, we aren’t immune to it.

            • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
              210·
              10 hours ago

              I like communists, I hate tankies.

              Being a communist does not mean you support Russia invading Ukraine, or China committing genocide.

              And you can’t answer it in a way that others outside your cult will accept, so you won’t.

              • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
                92·
                9 hours ago

                You hate every communist that supports communists and socialists in the real world, calling us all manner of names from “red fash” to “authie” to “tankie” to “Nazi.” The only communists that pass your arbitrary vibe check are the ones that are either short lived or never even got off the ground in the first place, in other words, “pure” communists untainted by the slander coming from Cold Warriors like yourself and devoid of meaningful struggle. You don’t want to acknowledge that you’re an anti-communist, so you try to pretend the group you call “red fash” isn’t the same group that has been fighting for the liberation of all oppressed peoples since Marx himself.

                I’ve given my take on the Russo-Ukrainian war before. Here it is again:

                Either way, the general Marxist take is that when Yanukovych was offered an IMF loan that required austerity policies and privatization of safety nets, and a Russian loan that did not come with the same restrictions, he went with the Russian loan and was couped for it, including a western-supported Banderite false-flag shooting. Following the western-supported coup, the areas in the Donbass region seceded, as they supported Yanukovych, are culturally and ethnically Russian, and were unhappy with the Banderites taking over the government under the cover of “democracy.” Said Banderites were also legally suppressing the Russian language in the Donbass region.

                What ensued was a decade of fighting, 2 failed Minsk agreements that Kiev broke and admitted to never wanting to follow, and massive risk of NATO on Russia’s doorstep. The Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics requested Russian assistance, and Russia complied, sparking the next stage of the war.

                Russia purely wants the Donbass region and NATO neutrality. They want the Donbass region not out of the kindness of their hearts, nor for plunder or further expansion, but because it’s a land bridge straight to Russia, the same route the Nazis took in World War II. NATO was building up because the West uses their millitary to threaten countries into opening up their economies to foreign plunder (like what’s happening right now in Venezuela), a tradition employed since NATO was founded, destroyed Yugoslavia and Libya, etc.

                This is the common Marxist take, shared largely by PSL’s statement and FRSO’s statement. Essentially, the war is tragic, should end as quickly as possible, and was provoked by the west.

                I’ve also explained my take on China and it’s treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang:

                The best and most comprehensive resource I have seen so far is Qiao Collective’s Xinjiang: A Resource and Report Compilation. Qiao Collective is explicitly pro-PRC, but this is an extremely comprehensive write-up of the entire background of the events, the timeline of reports, and real and fake claims.

                I also recommend reading the UN report and China’s response to it. These are the most relevant accusations and responses without delving into straight up fantasy like Adrian Zenz, professional propagandist for the Victims of Communism Foundation, does.

                Tourists go to Xinjiang all the time. You can watch videos like this one on YouTube, though it obviously isn’t going to be a comprehensive view of a complex situation like this.

                Here are my answers to your rabid anti-communist Cold Warrior nonsense. Every time I respond to you, though, you’re incapable of actually answering, and instead either leave the thread or get banned for telling me or others that you want to kill them. I don’t expect this will be any different.

                • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
                  28·
                  6 hours ago

                  Tankies are not the only communists in the world. Communism does not only mean an oppressive state that kills its citizens and invades others for territory despite what you wish.

                  And there we go your supporting genocide and invasions.

                  It would never be different because unlike you lot, I don’t support genocide or imperialism.

                  • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    71·
                    6 hours ago

                    Once you start treating the accusations of western anti-communist extremists like the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation as unquestionable gospel, then yes, tankies are the only kind of communists in the world.

                  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
                    72·
                    5 hours ago

                    I proved you wrong by giving my views, and proved you wrong again by them being upvoted “outside of my echo chamber” while your slander was downvoted. Maybe reconsider how you engage with people if you want your arguments to be taken seriously by onlookers? As it stands, you only strengthen my points by talking about how much you hate communists.

                    “Tankie” is just a pejorative for Marxist, levied against anyone that supports actually existing socialism, be they Marxists or not (as we can see with you calling @Diva@lemmy.ml a “tankie” despite her being an anarchist). I agree, communism doesn’t mean an oppressive state that kills its citizens and invades others for territory, what I disagree with you on is how you view socialist countries. You dogmatically reject any global south or anti-imperialist perspectives on socialist countries or otherwise global south countries, and instead only accept imperialist dogma from western countries. I pay attention to reporting from both sides, you dogmatically deny the global south.

                    I never once supported genocide, nor do I wish the Russo-Ukrainian war had ever started or needed to start. The US Empire has lied many times about atrocities its ideological enemies have committed, like Saddam’s forces taking babies out of incubators and having WMD. I understand how that works, so when the same people start buzzing about atrocities, it’s important to take a healthy amount of skepticism, and if we look into the actual facts of the matter we can get a much clearer picture, facts I linked for you, facts which you (as I predicted) would ignore and again resort to mockery and whining.

                    I don’t support imperialism, and if you think yourself an anti-imperialist, you should do your best to look at global south perspectives instead of falling hook, line, and sinker for every western report like from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.