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this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards
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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.
Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.
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- Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
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Oh, talking about politics on lemmy is fine.
Pounding the political pulpit beyond the bare minimum necessary on this community is where it goes wrong.
And yes, actually, moderators absolutely get to decide what is and isn't appropriate content for their community. That's what a moderator is, the person or persons that curate a community.
And, yet a-fucking-gain, as I've already said, I'm not getting into debate about the subject itself here. I'm also not wasting my time with some random YouTube video as a proxy to that
You said that comments denying the right of Israel to exist should be removed. This cannot be followed up by refusing to elaborate. If there is anything wrong or racist about saying an Apartheid should not exist then you are welcome to back it up with claims.
I am of the opposite opinion that anyone who believes Israel has the right to exist is racist.
With all the complains about ".ml censorship" I would not expect this kind of arguments here. LW moderators having the power to censor for Israel does not mean they are not in the wrong for doing it.
No, I said your comment should be removed because it's a common antisemitic dog whistle
Your misleading and offensive conflation of zionism with judaism is what's actually antisemitic.