Defederating was the right call. The_Donald is being hosted on sh.itjust.works.
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The admin of sh.itjust.works has been approached but as of yet has failed to reply to concerned Lemmy users. I’m glad Beehaw admins look out for us by cutting off instances that host communities like this.
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Germany has very strong anti-hate laws and far fewer bigots than the US. That seems to prove that aggressive rejection of hate stops it's spread instead of strengthening it.
The far-right party AfD polls at around 20% at the moment. There are (too) many bigots in Germany as well.
Speaches from on of their leaders Bernd Höcke are very close to speaches from the Nazi time. So Germany is not a very good example to prove your point.
to be fair, at least a few additional data points would be required to call that proven. german culture has a particular history which i think must contribute to the ability for this to work.
Exactly!
An analogy that works for this is the War on Drugs and the entertainment industry's attempts to block media piracy.
Both movements attempt to stomp out drugs and piracy but have been ineffective. Actually, it just makes those who support piracy and drugs try better and different methods of distribution or organization.
theres lots of examples where something was illegalised and subsequently fell in popularity and usage massively