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I replied to someone saying that the USSR defeated the Nazis saying that it was a group effort. Got into an argument and called a Nazi repeatedly because "I was mad that the USSR defeated the Nazis and hated them for it" which is ridiculous. This isn't the first time that's happened on Lemmy. What's up with that?

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[–] Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Ya the guys in Lemmy.ml tend to be pretty weird like that. They aren't a monolith but in general they tend to think that Russia, China, and North Korea have never done anything bad and that all the evil in the world comes from capitalism in europe and America and that the whole world will be fixed when The Revolution comes. It is all sort of like evangelical Christianity with the numbers filed off, the president of the United States is like an appointed satan (appointed, not elected, they don't believe elections work/are real in the west) who rules over hell which is the west (sometimes stylized as "Amerikkka", often accompanied by an American flag emoji with a fire emoji on top of it or a jpeg of a Chinese emperor shooting a fireball), Karl Marx is sort of like Jesus and mao, lenin, Stalin, etc. are the disciples, and The Revolution is the rapture. It is a pretty interesting belief system and I think the .ml guys all mean well, but they can be really difficult to talk to sometimes, as you've seen.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 76 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

This isn’t the first time that’s happened on Lemmy. What’s up with that?

It was lemmy.ml/worldnews...

https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=24410054

If you go to settings you should be able to block an entire instance and then won't see them on /all

There's a couple instances that always moderate like that. But you're better off just hanging out, finding out for yourself, and then blocking what you don't agree with.

But there's another that bans people for downvoting AI, but only for a few days so people come back to be trolled. And at least one that bans anyone who tries to take anything seriously.

Stop looking at Lemmy as a single thing, there are dozens of instances acting largely autonomously and if one fucks up, make sure you call out that one and not the entire fediverse.

[–] JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you go to settings you should be able to block an entire instance and then won't see them on /all

Thanks

Stop looking at Lemmy as a single thing, there are dozens of instances acting largely autonomously and if one fucks up, make sure you call out that one and not the entire fediverse.

Fair enough. The way Lemmy works is kinda confusing.

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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (9 children)

.ml comm? It's pretty funny how they can't even run an online community without censorship.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (43 children)

They also seem to mad that you pointed out Russia was on the Axis side originally and is acting like they were always on the Allied side.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago

Hey Hexbear is targeting you by the way. https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/76613775

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 42 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Lemmy was started by authoritarian communists (often called tankies) who got banned from Reddit, so they are generally more abundant here. They have their own alternate version of reality where the USSR was the most perfect society to ever exist and the west is the source of all evil in the world.

There are a few instances (aka servers) they tend to congregate on, but the main one is Lemmy.ml. It was the first server made so despite its extreme ideological slant, it still has a lot of subscribers. Just avoid any communities on Lemmy.ml and this shouldn't happen anymore.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

To elaborate, they are tankies who believe trans rights are western pink washing. And who larp as Haitian revolutionaries from their ergonomic computer chairs. And who literally do not post outside of their home instance because they can't handle the internet without their "I win" ban button.

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 18 points 1 day ago

First, some people on lemmy are simply stupid. Doesn't make sense to engage with everyone.

Second, a lot of people on lemmy like to ignore what you really say and find some hidden messages everywhere. "You didn't say you hate X so you must love Y, you nazi/homophobe/racist/communist/whatever". Not much you can do about it. It's best to just block them.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (19 children)

Was this ml? I was banned for saying NATO was a defensive alliance.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

How dare you defend against my attacks!!

/s

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[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (14 children)

The Soviets raped and killed everything in sight when they entered Romania. They can go to hell with their "help". They fought the nazis, and they took advantage of the rest of us.

Nevermind how they installed a communist regime that ruined romania for like a decade or whatever. Not that communism is bad but that one sure was.

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