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Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 187 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Please report any pro-US-empire comments so we can ban them ASAP.

We aren't going to let people come into this space and justify US crimes like kidnapping heads of state, murdering innocent people, and starting wars based on lies.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 64 points 3 months ago

❤️🖤

[-] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 7 points 3 months ago

Can we please keep the respectful ones so we have a chance to dispel their beliefs? There is overwhelming propaganda against Venezuela that is easy to disprove, but most of their spaces ban us (example: reddit). I wish we have a chance to argue our perspective.

[-] Dymonika@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

The groupthink on forums is ridiculous, and you don't need to be a capitalist nor anticapitalist to recognize that. I, too, hope that we can have healthy discussions of starkly different views.

[+] taygaloocat@leminal.space -67 points 3 months ago

It doesn't work like that, how long does it take until people realize silencing people you disagree with doesn't solve the issue? 🤦

[-] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 89 points 3 months ago

People can say whatever they want but we don't cater to bootlickers here, they can go fuck themselves. Why should we allow comments from people who want me dead? Their fascist bullshit is allowed basically anywhere else, they can go to reddit.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 months ago

No platform for fascists.
Imperialists are the Fascist International.

The U.S. Did Not Defeat Fascism in WWII, It Discreetly Internationalized It

Since the colonial projects of Hitler and Mussolini had become so brazen and erratic, as they shifted from playing more or less by the liberal rules of the game to openly breaking them and then running amok, it was understood that the best way to construct the fascist international was to do so under liberal cover, meaning through clandestine operations that maintained a liberal façade.

The American imperium has thus played a central role in the construction of a fascist international by protecting right-wing militants and enlisting them in the Third World War against ‘communism,’ an elastic label extended to any political orientation that entered into conflict with the interests of the capitalist ruling class. This international expansion of fascist modes of governance has led to a proliferation of concentration camps, terrorist and torture campaigns, dirty wars, dictatorial regimes, vigilante groups and organized crime networks around the world.

Trump has dispensed with the liberal mask, making America nakedly imperialist again.

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 59 points 3 months ago

It doesn’t work like that

Looks like it does work like that. Moderators moderate the discussion. lemmy.ml has no obligation to platform imperialists, nor is there any value in doing so.

And it works well, this community is a lot more pleasant and educational without having to deal with antisocial war-hawks and trolls constantly starting arguments instead of discussions. It's certainly solves that issue.

[-] dkr567@hexbear.net 55 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Tolerating the intolerant isn't going to do anything.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 66 points 3 months ago

"You must allow debate over whether bombing innocent people and murdering grandmas is okay. This solves the issue"

[-] hamid@crazypeople.online 54 points 3 months ago

No one is silenced, Lemmy is censorship proof meaning you are free to start your own instance and communities or participate in any of the other communities where you can spread your support and justification for US imperial activities and CIA propaganda. Lemmy is essentially a fancy email client and just because we don't want US propaganda in our community doesn't mean that anyone is being "silenced"

US apologia is the classic Nazi bar. Let one yank fuck in and the entire thing gets the yank stink on it.

[-] RuthBaderGonesburg@hexbear.net 46 points 3 months ago

lol lmao even

[-] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 40 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

People whose opinion is "Apartheid should be reinstated" actually need to be silenced, with whatever method one deems appropriate.

Death to ameriKKKa. Al-mawt li-Shaytan ala l-Akbar.

[-] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Love your username lmao

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 40 points 3 months ago

if you want to freely spread pro-empire propaganda then go back to reddit or to one of the dozens of lemmy instances that adores that kind of behavior

no one is required to consume your vapid bullshit, nor to host it

[-] Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml 34 points 3 months ago

[-] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 33 points 3 months ago

doesn’t solve the issue?

Doesn't solve what issue?

[-] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 28 points 3 months ago

It solves the issue of us being exposed to your shitty posts

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago

Reported

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I dont think you understand how lemmy works. Instances are ran how the people who graciously host them wish.

If you dont like how the admins run this particular instance, make or join one that reflects your values. You dont get to demand anything. You are free to block the instance and/or the person posting. I will comment a guide below on how to do so.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Welcome to a tutorial on how to block .ml on your personal account.

In the top right corner of the top of the page, there are 3 horizontal white bars. Click it.

This will open up a drop down menu. At the bottom of that menu, you will see your username. Click it.

This will open another drop down menu with 3 options. Click "Settings".

At the top of your screen you will see 2 tabs. Click the one that says "Blocks".

Here you will see "Block user" "Block community" and "Block instance". Click the down arrow below "Block instance".

This will open up a search bar. Type "lemmy.ml" and click it after it shows up. That's it! You've blocked .ml and will never see content from the instance.

But wait, we aren't done yet in this menu. Click the down arrow under "Block user". Now type "UltraGiGaGigantic" Make sure you select my .ml account as the other ones I no longer use. Thanks, appreciate it.

[-] Lenins_Dumbbell@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Aaaaaaand reported

[+] Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol -37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

how long does it take until people realize silencing people you disagree with doesn’t solve the issue

sounds like reddit lol [REMOVED]

For freedom of speech on certain topics reddit is clearly superior again after similar statements of the lemmy developers.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 59 points 3 months ago

Reddit is pro-US-empire, we're anti-US-empire here.

Try going over to reddit (or any US-controlled tech platform) and saying something negative about Israel, and see how long you last.

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

you must be joking.
.ml obviously but the rest of the Lemmy libfest is hardly better.
All they want is their respectable form of imperialism with a slick mass murderer like Obama or Genocide Joe.
I get banned/removed here all the time.
Not only over Shitrael

[-] dkr567@hexbear.net 53 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The same reddit where having pro Palestinian stance gets you banned? That reddit? Lol okay sure whatever you say.

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 42 points 3 months ago

All you concern trolling shitheads should be banned

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 41 points 3 months ago

freedom of speech reddit

hahaha

Pretty funny thing to say on a site filled with people banned from reddit for saying things, including but not limited to the word "Luigi".

[-] Moidialectica@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Reddit is better for freedom of speech? Holy shit, you literally can see every instance even the Nazi bars, what free speech does Reddit have that isn't astroturfed and removed?