YSK: lemmy.ml is managed by tankies, and lead lemmy developer is a tankie
Lead Lemmy Developer, Dessalines, denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre and praising the Uyghur Genocide
https://sh.itjust.works/post/8419342
Dessalines AKA "parentis_shotgun" on Reddit, is the main Lemmy dev, also the admin of lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml.
Their post and discussions on Reddit (archive as the original post must have been removed):
Please join the discussions for Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem:
https://lemmy.world/post/16211417
And the discussions for finding/creating alternative communities on other instances:
https://lemmy.world/post/16235541
What is a tankie?
Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support acts of repression by such regimes or their allies. More specifically, the term has been applied to those who express support for one-party Marxist–Leninist socialist republics, whether contemporary or historical.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that topics like this made the rounds in several subs at the same time.
Block the instance if you've got a problem.
People on multiple subs are sick of their authoritarian propaganda, what a shock I'm so surprised oh wow
Somebody noticed a disturbing fact and wants to distribute the knowledge on multiple channels? I think I'll allow this.
Other than that, yes, let's lift&shift the good communities away from lemmy.ml and block it.
This community is called YouShouldKnow not YouShouldDoSomethingAboutThis
You have the info and you can care as much or as little as you like
I'd think it was outside actors trying to troll if this wasn't so common and predictable.
Here's a great article about this kind of overreactive purity drama in leftist spaces.
Exiting the Vampire Castle
The communists here in my country have a saying: "First we get to power, then we bicker"
The anarchists in mine have a different order of operations, unfortunately, but that's the problem entirely.
Not a coincidence, since it’s the same group of users and they all link to one-another?
The only problem with blocking is that it doesn’t actually solve anything, just removes you from participating in conversations that are happening around you.
It’s also bad for new users who become afraid to participate.