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[–] 49 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (28 children)

Real. I joined it cuz it said it was FOSS focused and run by the creators of Lemmy which I thought was neat. Did not realize it was a tankie cesspool. I’m now banned from a good portion of it for “Nazi apologia” because I said calling Ukraine Nazis was Russian propaganda

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  • [–] 33 points 6 days ago (10 children)

    Just jump instances. I might have my reservations about how the aversion to monetization means a lot instances are unstable or slow with no real incentives or even funding to improve it but there's certainly something to be said for decentralization.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 days ago (8 children)

    I'm glad the instance I chose based on URL ended up being pretty good because sh.itjust.works.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 days ago (6 children)

    Some people reckon we’re a Nazi instance… shrug emoji.

    I’m not sure why - but have read it a few times. If someone in the know could clue me in if there is actually some back lore to the claim I’d appreciate that.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 days ago (5 children)

    It’s just Ukraine, no “the” in front.

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  • [+] -10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    It has THE because it's a geographic area of historic Russia, translating to "THE borderland".

    I'm older than "Ukraine".

    Policing other people's language is very on point for Ukrainian nationalists. Banderites.

    I ain't ever had no Chicken Kyiv, but I bet it tastes like shit.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    You can use your normal .ml account, you don’t need to hide being a tankie.

    Russia is an authoritarian imperialist state.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago

    America necessitates authoritarian strongmen, elected or not. We exploit and undermine liberal democracies when attempted in the developing world. All the while we directly arm over 80% of the world's dictatorships.

    Russia doesn't do that. Russia doesn't have 861 foreign military bases.

    America is not only the least democratic nation on Earth, we are the only empire on Earth.

    You're calling me a tankie because I support democracy. You don't.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 days ago* (4 children)

    I have a confession:

    When I joined, I thought ML was for Machine Learning.

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  • [+] 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)