I’ve seen several references to some sort of rift between the users of these instances today. What’s happening?

  • OpenStars@piefed.social
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    10 hours ago

    Visit ML before any major Western election and browse by Local (its default) and you will easily see: ML calls for the literal and actual fall of all Western civilization including the deaths of most to nearly all peoples therein.

    Whereas LW does not want that, go figure. 🤷‍♀️

    Something something bOtH sIdEs SaMe.

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      8 hours ago

      .ml users are also just immature weirdos. most of my harassing comments calling me insults come from .ml users.

      they don’t discuss and they don’t read. they just shout and quote russian/chinese state propaganda about how people living in those countries are so wealthy and liberated and so much better than americans or europeans. and if you do cite sources, they tell you that those are american propaganda and all lies and ONLY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS TELLING THE TRUTH.

      oh, and the .ml opening talk about the power of violence and their violent fantasies of killing everyone who has a modicum of economic security and all claim to be the poorest of the poor, which I highly doubt.

      I was a communist when I was 15, but even back then I was into the utopia part, not the mass murder fantasy part.

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        3 hours ago

        Actual communists here are on Threadiverse seem quite emotionally capable and are among the more pleasant to chat with. Examples there include slrpnk.net. I used to also say db0 though there always seems pushback nowadays whenever I include it, but I can’t get anyone to give me a solid answer as to why besides unsubstantiated accusations that even on their face looks like pure BS to me. So I guess I’ll keep saying it, just noting that it is a controversial point.:-)

        Hexbears on the other hand are trolls, pure and simple, with zero regard for anything other than “the dunk” process of pwning someone - or rather, appearing to, from their own extremely childish POV.

        Lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml then are the leftist MAGAs, believing in alternative facts rather than living in reality. e.g. most claim that they would move to the likes of North Korea in a heartbeat, except, you know… I guess they took an arrow to the knee or some such. 🤪

        I am so glad that I can block people from an entire instance. If I could, I would make an exception to the devs Nutomic and Dessalines out of respect for having offered the Lemmy sourcecode as FOSS, but other than that, I have not missed a single interaction with anyone on Lemmy.ml since I have done so, every time I’ve checked to see what I might be missing. They are the most batshit insane comments across the entirety of the Threadiverse, after Hexbear obviously.

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          “the only communists who are actual communists are the ones who cater to my sensibilities as a liberal”

          The only person spewing alternative facts is you, you can’t seem to regurgitate a post without making up bullshit.

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      7 hours ago

      ML calls for the literal and actual fall of all Western civilization

      for the record when people say ‘Death to America’ it’s wishing an end to the American government and its settler-colonial state apparatus.

      Concern about the ‘fall of Western civilization’ is more often than not a dog whistle signalling reactionary politics.

      also this isn’t limited to election seasons, death to america

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        Death to America

        I dunno man, all other things aside (I have no opinion on specific Lemmy instances at all), when you’re quoting Osama Bin Laden as part of your own beliefs or opinion, that’s probably not cool beans, you know?

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          I use she/her in case it doesn’t show up in your app.

          This isn’t quoting osama bin laden, it’s an Iranian slogan/expression.

          America as a settler-colonial state is a world-historic evil, death to America

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      9 hours ago

      Visit .world before any major Western election and browse by Local (its default) and you will easily see: .world will sell out as many Palestinians as it takes to buy political time in hopes of a blue wave that is definitely going fix everything and bring America™ back to its wholesome big chungus status.

      Whereas ML does not want to carry out genocide to buy time for pointless political waffling, go figure.