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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by IgnusNilsen@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

While I hope that I’m wrong, there is at least a very real possibility that in the immediate future, the US empire will launch an unprovoked and immoral attack on a socialist state (Venezuela) in order to secure that country’s resources. It is understandable that, should that happen, many of you will be feeling extreme anger at these acts and post about it here.

In light of that, the admins and mods of Hexbear figured we’d remind everyone:

No fedposting

That includes, but is not limited to, talking about threats of violence against people or groups of people; including if you add “in minecraft” or “[redacted]”.

We really don’t need to come under fed scrutiny (or worse). Ultimately, fed posting doesn’t even serve much purpose other than “blowing off steam” – and that comes at the cost of potentially putting the site and its users in legal jeopardy. There are more productive ways to vent that anger.

Also, if you end up having a comment removed for fed posting, I’d urge you to not take it personally.

And saying this as a user, not an admin: a little revolutionary optimism never hurt anyone. We must have clear eyes about reality, but as socialists we also should have faith in the power of people to resist oppression.

(Edited for grammar)

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[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago

death to whom exactly is left as an exercise for the reader.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

I like death, vaguely

[-] IgnusNilsen@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I should add this isn’t based on any specific comments or posts here, just a proactive statement in case something terrible like I mentioned above does happen.

[-] git@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

~~Death, death~~ Incremental change by committee over decades to the IDF!

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not what's being said. Death death to the IDF is not a clear or actionable threat so it's fine.

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[-] godlessworm@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

the safest most effective way to fedpost is by writing your fedposts down on a piece of paper and then sending that directly to the president via the USPS

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Make sure to put the pads of your finger tips cleanly and firmly all over the paper to ensure the feds know you're a professional fedposter

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

Understood, from now on I will say "in Garry's Mod" instead

※ This is an American joke

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

Is Death to Amerikkka fedposting?

I will keep saying it.

[-] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

minecraft I have made a fedpost.

hexbear-retro You make me want to cry. That's (In my opinion) kind of dangerous. But even so, I do respect YOUR opinion.

minecraft I will make another.

[-] Kefla@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Death to Amerikkka isn't a fed enough post for me. No, I am going to kill Amerikkka. The whole thing. That's not a threat, it's a promise. doggirl-thumbsup

[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

Can I fedpost on other instances?

[-] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah but you have to do it from a .world account

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

and with a VPN

[-] ahrienby@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

I strongly don't recommend. In certain situations, you might be defederated from remote instances.

[-] AmarkuntheGatherer@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago

Unlimited genocide on the first world

[-] ahrienby@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Are "Down with ICE/any horrible US government agency" posts subject to moderation?

Yeah. Never threaten anyone.

Why would you give them warning lmao

[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

I like to challenge my opponents to combat so I can face them at their best. Makes the fight better vegeta-stare

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[-] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Does this include countries and political groups like, picking examples at random, amerikkka and zioniSSts?

[-] IgnusNilsen@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

No, “death to Amerikkka” is not an actionable threat.

[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

illegal-to-say

Seems like it's in the same sort of vein. Is this a call to change behavior to be more tame in the use of rhetoric or simply to not escalate it?

Thought about not hitting post but that'd be liberalism.

[-] IgnusNilsen@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This is not necessarily a call to change any current behavior. I’ve been around long enough to know, though, when really bad things happen the fedposting does happen in the immediate aftermath.

So I guess it’s the later, a request to not escalate.

[-] SovietyWoomy@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Being polite isn't going to stop feds from tracking down anyone they want to track down and kill/enslave/deport. The Biden administration already declared that anticapitalism is terrorism.

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[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

A lotta y'all still don't get it.

Fedposters can use multiple slurp juices on a single death threat

So if you have one actionable call to violence and 3 slurp juices, you can create 3 new pretexts for the FBI

[-] emdash@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm going to kill a zombie in Minecraft and you can't stop me

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Or nazi zombies

[-] OttoboyEmpire@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

i think we should just ban feds from posting here, tbqh

[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Times like these are when you must carry the burden of being right. Why be angry when you can be correct?

Talk with your liberal friends and relatives. Point out the material interests of US involvement, then wait for Trump to blurt it all out on TruSus. Watch as reactions go from :smuglord: to :lisan-al-gaib:

Liberals need time to be cooked, and :cool-zone: moments are when the heat is turned up.

[-] i_ben_fine@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

I only fedpost in Minecraft

[-] BarrelsBallot@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Good thing I only fedpromise, posting is for dweebs

[-] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, as much as it pains me to say it's probably best to protect comrades on here and stop them from fedposting and getting sent to fucking CECOT. I know HB made a name for itself from reddit by allowing much looser speech but you have to weigh if it's worth it to fly off the cuff and wish death on someone in the moment, or have an ounce of protection to stop someone from ruining their life.

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[-] Enternasyonal@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

I thought lemmy was safe in terms of legal issues? Who is going to give users' ip addresses to the court?

[-] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Your phone, your browser, your isp, your neighbors phone, a dedicated chip on one of your devices we dont know about

We realistically have to assume everything is compromised is ways we can't anticipate or evade

[-] SootySootySoot@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Almost every western country has a history of compelling website owners, or secretly seizing and controlling websites to log anything they want. So they only need to do that, start logging IPs, and the next time you log in job done. No website can really be inherently 'safe' in terms of anonymity from the legal system.

[-] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

to be clear, both lemmygrad and hexbear are hosted on cloud companies in western europe, unless they have some weird reverse proxy thing going on i suppose. that means in the worst case scenario, the feds silently read all data going in and out of the servers and all the data on the servers and no one's the wiser

EDIT: i dont think i should have been so quick to dismiss the reverse proxy thing tho. mao quote and all

[-] 10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

ISPs. Unless TLS is broken they shouldn't know who's who tho.

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

What about the WTYP style guide "i hope they have a wonderful time"

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