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Does lemmy.world allow criticism of the CCP? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by harbo@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Apparently there's an issue with some instances banning users for criticizing authoritarian governments. Is lemmy.world a safe place to criticize governments?

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[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 years ago

Thank you for letting me know. I always forget about that because I can see their replies. In any case, I'm more worried about what the people on lemmy.world think, since Beehaw has basically become a purpose-built engine of sectarianism, so the content of those replies would be a foregone conclusion.

I'll try to remember to use my lemmy.ml account in the future for this.

[-] nephs@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Only if you really want them to read it. I appreciate it's important to talk to the general audience. :)

[-] edgerunneralexis@dataterm.digital 6 points 2 years ago

Sectarianism toward what ideology, out of curiosity? I couldn't wade through their endless text blobs enough to tell

[-] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 years ago

Ha, fair question! They have plenty of people they dislike, but what I was trying to refer to was their opposition to what they call "tankies" and I call "People who believe that the US lies about its enemies, particularly its big geopolitical rivals." Specifically, while they are conversationally annoying about it, what really bugs me is their campaign to defederate and get others to defederate from spaces they deem "tankie-friendly". I think that really undermines the platform as a whole to pillarize things that way (i.e. closing things off into silos).

"Sectarianism" arguably isn't the right word for that (it has intra-ideology connotations), but I didn't think it was worth splitting hairs over.