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China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas.

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[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 163 points 2 years ago

Very noticeable that they didn't specify how he wasn't a dictator, nor what other label would be more appropriate.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 73 points 2 years ago

"I am not a dictator! Anyone who says I am will get jailed!" - Grand Poohbear of China, 2023

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hexbear users incoming in 3.2.1...

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago

I use a client that can block instances, so I have all of Hexbear blocked. It radically improves the Lemmy experience.

[-] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

Tell me your wisdom, duck of the lake.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I use a Violentmonkey script to do so

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago
[-] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 10 points 2 years ago

Sync let's you do it. Also possibly Connect? I forgot the other one, but i think it might be Connect.

[-] notabot@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Yes, connect lets you block instances, but it still shows that there was a comment there and lets you show it. It's handy to see how much you're blocking.

[-] Teppic@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Kbin allows users to do this (noting kbin isn't a client it's a compatible platform).

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[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

I am using Eternity or Voyager, I will be so happy when instance blocking comes to those.

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago

Connect does instance blocking and I think LiftOff does as well.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I just.tried Liftoff and i did not see that option

[-] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago

Give Memmy a try. I switched to it so I could block entire instances. It’s made my feed so much better!

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the recommendation, but I'm on Android, so I can't use it. On spezit I loved, and supported Infinity, the Infinity fork Eternity is very good. I love having my own colour theme, it's great for qol, and all the other nice features it has.

[-] TheRealTurducken@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Sync is an outstanding Lemmy client for Android.

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[-] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Never hear a dissenting opinion. I'll take, what is an echo chamber for $200.

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

There's differing opinions and then there's just shittalking. When it comes to differing opinions most of Hexbear interactions deliberately (by the admission of their own users) fall under shittalking. They deliberately antagonize and troll anyone with a different opinion because in their mind anyone who doesn't agree with them should be trolled. You don't get differing opinions from Hexbear, you get a bastardization of a differing opinion. One that is different only on the basis them telling you you're wrong, and in most cases even that has to be intuited.

Nobody should wade through shit to get a few nuggets of gold which is why most people just block Hexbear.

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[-] randint@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Thankfully, OP is from an instance that has not federated with Hexbear. Hexbear users won't be able to see this post.

[-] spez@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

But they have posted to .ml which is federated with hexbear. So the poster's instance needs to be federated no the instance of the community where the post is?

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 8 points 2 years ago

You need both. For a comment you even need the community instance, the poster instance, and the commenter instance to all be federated

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Basically, everybody needs to agree before access is granted.

It is the best way to block spammers and trolls.

[-] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago

Maybe she should've used the chinese word for dictator.

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago
[-] Imhotep@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

That's exactly like his name!

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

Ah yes, Xi Jinping

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

*Winnie the Pooh

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