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Banned from LateStageCapitalism@lemmy.world for promoting voter turnout in tandem with other activism. (slrpnk.net)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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The power trip / ban doesn't bother me, but the misinformation does. They present as leftist, but flare up around US elections discouraging voter turnout via 'bOtH siDeS' garbage. that only ever elevates shit like MAGA.

In the linked thread, OP promotes rioting while discouraging voter turnout. My comments agreed with activism like riots, but pointed out that it's not an either-or thing. You can riot -and- vote; and even if you don't have it in you to riot, still do vote.

Banned.

You can see my removed comment quoted in the post after mine.

This 'blue MAGA' tankie shit is somehow worse than the loud-and-clear MAGA shit over on Reddit - at least those neonazis were honest about who they were.

Anywho, YSK. Spaces like r/conservative were clearly labeled and easy to avoid; LateStageCapitalism@lemmy.world presents as a cause worth rallying around, but only until you peel up the veneer and see that they're the same fucking thing.

Also please vote. In addition to whatever flavor of activism tickles your fancy.

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[–] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

The comment of yours they removed:

Who gives a fuck if it's actual democracy. Vote for whoever has the best shot of keeping the greater evil out of office, and use that time to sharpen your guillotine. Again, you don't need to pick just one.

The reason given:

Rule 4

Rule 4:

No imperialism, conservatism, reactionism or Zionism, lessor evil rhetoric. Dismissing 3rd party votes or ‘wasted votes on 3rd party’ is lessor evil rhetoric.

Instance-wide rule 4:

Do not post illegal content of any type. Do not engage in any activity that may encourage, facilitate or provide access to illegal transactions. Do not share or encourage the sharing of abusive or sexually suggestive content involving real or fictional minors. This also includes drawn, animated, generated and other content that does not depict real minors. Any violent or otherwise inappropriate behavior involving a minor will also always be strictly prohibited.

Based on what you said, compared to community rule 4 as well as instance rule 4, this is a PTB

Reported the mod team to the LW admins for review.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    "Keeping the greater evil out of office" is 100% "lessor evil rhetoric"

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago* (1 child)

    context on lessor evil rhetoric:

    Dismissing 3rd party votes or ‘wasted votes on 3rd party’ is lessor evil rhetoric.

    They defined what they consider it. By their definition, this doesn't apply.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 days ago*

    What they said is "Dismissing 3rd party votes or ‘wasted votes on 3rd party’ is lessor evil rhetoric." So now we know that "Dismissing 3rd party votes or ‘wasted votes on 3rd party’" is "lesser evil rhetoric", but that doesn't mean that other things cannot be lesser evil rhetoric, e.g....the exact quoted comment.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago

    GodlessCommie, the sole active mod of LateStageCapitalism has set the rules up in such a way to give himself carte blanche to remove anyone that goes against his narrative.

    He is quite possibly the most insufferable mod in the entire Lemmiverse and has made that sub his own private cry space and destroyed the sub's credibility.

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