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Lemmy.world reportedly bans people for being anti-Zionist. At the same time, numerous human rights organizations have documented that Zionist policies and actions amount to crimes against humanity (e.g., forced displacement, collective punishment, apartheid).

If banning opposition to crimes against humanity is itself anti-humanity, doesn’t that make lemmy.world complicit? How do you reconcile defending a platform that silences critics while atrocities continue?

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[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

Wait, givesomefucks got promoted to mod? I haven't specifically seen pro-Zionist comments from them, but this is the user that regularly comments trying to convince everyone how the Democratic party has seen 'major reforms' by electing a new leader months ago despite us continuing to see them capitulate to Republicans at nearly every turn.

Maybe the account is run by Chuck Schumer and OP here is completely correct.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Just few days after allowing genocide denialism

[-] bedwyr@piefed.ca 8 points 1 day ago

I got into it with that account too now that you mention it. That person is a tool.

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

I won't be quite so harsh toward someone who now has the power to ban me, but I will agree that it seriously calls their judgement into question and they remind me a lot of FlyingSquid who also regularly made seriously questionable claims and was eventually demodded.

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