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The recent actions by administrators of the Lemmy.world instance have revealed a troubling pattern of censorship and ideological enforcement that undermines the very principles of open discourse. By banning multiple users, blocking entire communities, and defederating from instances based on their anti-Zionist stance, Lemmy.world’s leadership has demonstrated that it will not tolerate legitimate dissent regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This article examines the evidence of this crackdown, exploring what these actions mean for the future of free speech in the fediverse.

A Pattern of Censorship and Ideological Overreach

The Heavy Hand of MrKaplan

At the center of this controversy stands @MrKaplan, an administrator for Lemmy.world. Over a few days in April 2026, MrKaplan launched a sweeping series of actions:

  • Banned multiple users for being anti-Zionist
  • Blocked entire communities and communications
  • Defederated from the entire Anarchist.Nexus instance over its anti-Zionist stance

A post characterizing these events states this extreme overreaction and power-tripping behavior stems from Lemmy.world's history of pro-Zionist views and that MrKaplan is seeking out the flimsiest pretext to enact his own personal vendetta.

Another user described MrKaplan's actions by stating he is a corrupt baby and that Lemmy.world is a toxic shithole. They called for everyone to mass instance block Lemmy.world, noting it would be a waste to defederate one of the biggest instances because of one idiot, but the idiot is the head admin who can just unilaterally decide what to do.

The administrator of that instance was even more explicit, stating they are a corrupt baby and that Lemmy.world is a toxic shithole, while calling for everyone to mass instance block them.

Bans for Anti-Zionist Stances

The bans did not target hate speech or genuine threats but rather legitimate political discourse:

  • A user was banned for having "Murder All Zionists" in their username, with the admin citing "calling for murder in their username"
  • The same user was additionally banned for accusing FHF team members of being Zionists while simultaneously calling for Zionists to be murdered

This demonstrates a fundamental confusion on the part of Lemmy.world administrators between critiquing a political ideology (Zionism) and inciting violence against people. Zionism is a political ideology, not an ethnicity or race. Criticizing or even calling for the end of Zionism as a political project is not the same as calling for violence against Jewish people.

Defederation and Community Removal

Perhaps most egregiously, MrKaplan removed entire communities from Anarchist.Nexus after defederating the entire instance:

All were removed with the sole reason stated as "defederated instance".

This is not targeted moderation—it is ideological cleansing. Entire communities focused on completely apolitical topics like veganism, relaxation videos, and general chat were deleted simply for being hosted on an instance that holds pro-Palestinian views.

Community Censorship Enforced from the Top

The problem extends beyond bans and defederation. Inside Lemmy.world itself, moderators aggressively push narratives and ban anyone who objects:

  • A moderator aggressively pushes a narrative and bans anyone who objects, which a user notes is not the only community where this happens and is a point of discussion among the .world team
  • Another user explained they were directly censored and banned on a large and active Lemmy.world community for explaining why the US is involved with the Palestinian genocide
  • A different user described Lemmy.world having the most Zionists on Lemmy as well as the most tolerance for Zionism and erasure of the US’ involvement in the genocide

The issue is so widespread that dedicated communities have formed to chronicle Lemmy.world's descent into complete Zionism, sharing modlogs of bans and evidence of their wrongdoing.

The Fediverse Context and Double Standards

The Israel-Palestine conflict has been a flashpoint across the fediverse, but Lemmy.world's approach stands out for its aggressive enforcement.

Other Instances Take a Different Approach

Other instances have grappled with similar challenges but have generally sought balanced approaches. For instance, one community moderator noted they banned a user for repeatedly calling for the murder of Zionists, which the mods didn't find appropriate, emphasizing a more targeted approach to actual threats rather than ideological purges.

Meanwhile, Lemmy.world has increasingly aligned with instances enforcing censorship. For example, Feddit.org announced they would ban criticism of Israel and pro-Palestinian posts, including:

  • The slogan "From the river to the sea"
  • Comparing Israel to the Nazis
  • Calls to end Zionism
  • Calls for the dissolution of Israel

While Feddit.org cited German law as justification (which criminalizes certain forms of anti-Zionist speech as antisemitism), Lemmy.world has no such legal constraints and is not bound by German law, yet it has voluntarily adopted similarly repressive policies.

The Hexbear Double Standard

The hypocrisy becomes glaring when examining how different instances are treated. Hexbear, known for its authoritarian moderation and open hostility to liberal democracy, remainsfederated while anti-Zionist instances are targeted. One user noted then ironic that Hexbear has large threads voting on who to defederate, but is not labeled as authoritarian.

This selective enforcement reveals that Lemmy.world's real concern is not protecting users from threats but enforcing a particular ideological line. Lemmy.world will tolerate authoritarian communists but actively purges anti-Zionists. This is not moderation—it's political persecution.

A History of Controversial Moderation

The recent crackdown is not an isolated incident but part of a pattern:

  • A user was banned from Lemmy.world for reporting ToS-breaking comments, with the user concluding that Lemmy.world can no longer be trusted for any admin decision and that they are not being transparent with their decisions or even who their admins and those with admin abilities are
  • A user was banned from Lemmy.world for a week after criticizing Israel
  • A user was banned from Lemmy.world completely for reporting ToS-breaking comments
  • A user banned from Lemmy.world for reporting rule-breaking content noted the lack of transparency about who admins are and what authority they hold

Another instance has a pinned post accusing .world of supporting the Zionist genocide of Palestinians. Users have described the platform as a Zionist cesspool, a ZioNazi instance, and trash.

Final Condemnation and Call to Action

Lemmy.world has revealed itself to be an openly partisan instance that uses its position as the largest Lemmy server to enforce ideological conformity rather than facilitate open discussion. By banning users and defederating entire instances solely for their anti-Zionist stance, its administrators have chosen political repression over the principles of free association.

This is not moderation—it is censorship. It is not about safety—it is about ideological control. And it is not just—it is political persecution.

To the fediverse community, the message is clear: migrate to instances that respect actual political pluralism. Consider sh.itjust.works, or lemmy.dbzer0.com—instances that have not demonstrated the same pattern of ideological overreach. For those already using Lemmy.world, move your communities, migrate your accounts, and take your content elsewhere. Platforms that ban dissent do not deserve your participation.

To the administrators of Lemmy.world, the message is equally clear: transparency, accountability, and respect for political plurality are not optional. Reverse these bans. Refederate with removed instances. Publicly commit to viewpoint-neutral moderation. Until then, your instance must be recognized for what it has become—a tool of political suppression.

To the wider fediverse, it is time for coordinated action. Encourage instance administrators to defederate from Lemmy.world not over the specifics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but over the broader principle that platforms engaging in coordinated ideological censorship and defederation should be isolated. The problem is not MrKaplan alone but a culture of ideological enforcement that has long been tolerated.

Standards must apply equally to all instances. If the fediverse is to survive as an alternative to corporate social media, it must actively reject attempts by any instance—even large ones—to impose political litmus tests. The alternative is a fediverse splintered into ideological silos, where the largest players enforce political conformity and the smallest are defederated into irrelevance.

Free speech for my enemies is free speech at all. Lemmy.world has failed this test—and the fediverse must treat it accordingly.

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[-] Snoopy@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 points 5 days ago

I'm locking the post since i'm seeing people starting to attack each other and i can't intervene to every comments. Sadly lot topics will be left unsolved. :(

I just wanted to bring both point of view from LW and AN. For now let's cool down.

Thank for your understanding.

[-] ozoned@piefed.social 55 points 6 days ago

Lemmy.world is run by Ruud, a man that lives in the Netherlands. He does not have the same legal protections as say Reddit. He has to obey his laws in his country. Looking up Netherlands laws, it would seem to me that having any user named "Murder all " is literally against the law in the Netherlands. So he has two choices. Literally risk going to prison, or having to take it down.

The brilliance of the Fediverse, as you realize because you've posted this on Piefed, anyone can create a server and build their own connections.

I'm against hurting anyone, but I'm in the US, where people have that right to say those things. Ruud isn't.

These servers have specific rules for their communities for a reason. Most aren't here to make money. No one is paying Ruud to keep people in power. He doesn't even have to run ANY service, but he is. Because he believes in the Fediverse. But he's still bound by his laws and it's his server.

I've spoken to Ruud on an episode. He's a lovely man that doesn't deserve this hate.

I understand the frustration. Lemmy.world is a large instance where there are tons of people, but you don't know the laws.

I'm not denying the censorship at all. I'm not denying that we need to speak out for Palestinians. But he HAS to follow his country's laws or there will be no services. And when you say ggod that's what you want, the more servers shut down, the more people will turn away. The more people are forced back to big tech where they will censor you to protect their investment. Reddit IS protected by that speech under section 230, but they'll still censor it.

The best you can do, start your own instance. It's possible it might be blocked by Lemmy.world if your server is breaking their rules. But at least you can get your message out.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 26 points 6 days ago

having any user named "Murder all "

Then you ban the single user (who is an admin on the instance and used bad phrasing, changed it and stepped down just to note), not defederate the instance, contact them using available channels you are aware of (matrix) given its an admin, and address.

That said - it wasn't Ruud, it was MrKaplan who did this action. Without input. Who also called it a direct call for his own murder (which is an insane leap).

Also, let's be a bit more honest here - .world has found whatever reason they could over the past few years to defed from dbzer0 and now related instances such as anarchist.nexus. Federation gets started right back up as soon as thebadmin actions get called out by users.

Let's also be more honest here and point out that .world pushed a "teach the controversy" rule that would have explicitly allowed this sort of speech (and speech that would have been so much worse).

But!

But he HAS to follow his country's laws or there will be no services.

This is not remotely what happened, so let's not play pretend and suggest it was.

[-] ozoned@piefed.social 14 points 6 days ago

I don't have a clue what happened. There's no actual showing of the links. I have no clue what happened. I'm also not a Dutch lawyer, are you?

I don't know the history of Lemmy.world or dbzer0. And neither has to justify to anyone. Anyone can run their own, make their own rules. If you want to participate in those communities you have to follow their rules.

The power of the Fediverse is these platforms are built for their communities. They decide. Just like Reddit. The difference is, you can spin up your own and be a part of the conversation.

I pretend nothing here. If an admin on a server goes rogue, that's between the admin and server owner. Go to Ruud if you think this is wrong.

Calling on everyone to defederate from world is a way, but does it get directly to the source? It's like going to a store, getting kicked out by clerk because they don't approve your shirt, and complaining to customers instead of talking to the manager.

This isn't big tech. You don't need worldwide news to fix injustice. World has MANY services. I've talked to him directly.

I'm not accusing anyone of anything, but looking up Dutch law, I'm not a lawyer let alone dutch, but it seems like saying to murder someone isn't allowed there.

Be mad. Absolutely. Feel your emotions. Vent, get frustrated, then take action. If posting on another place is the action you're willing to take, then so be it, but you have the power to build for your community.

I absolutely know that my community isn't for everyone and it's naive of anyone yo think theirs would be. Build your own. The network becomes stronger the more servers out there.

I was accused of being a CIA spy on Lemmy.ml in the past. Obviously that community wasn't for me. So I can post and get upset, or I can try to talk to the creator, or I can move servers, start my own server, or even start building my own software.

I've moved numerous times. I was on Beehaw, they're lively, I didn't agree with their federation policy, so I left. I'm here now. Maybe I'll disagree someday and spin up my own private instance. But that will also take work.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 10 points 6 days ago

I don't have a clue what happened. There's no actual showing of the links. I have no clue what happened. I'm also not a Dutch lawyer, are you?

I'm not OP, I'm responding to you - who also provided no links to your statements. I don't think you need to start responding in this tone, its unnecessary.

So...

I don't have a clue what happened. There's no actual showing of the links. I have no clue what happened.

Totally fair to not know! What do you not know about that links would be helpful for? Because what you said in your first comment comes across as though you do know, so if you dont, why are you so specific as to reasoning for decisions?

I'm also not a Dutch lawyer, are you?

Then why are you making claims about the legality and Ruud's requirements?

Be mad. Absolutely. Feel your emotions. Vent, get frustrated, then take action.

I think you may be confused about who I am or the tone of my comments. Neither my previous comment or this one are emotional in any way, so I am really confused about what youre suggesting here.

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[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I don’t know the history of Lemmy.world or dbzer0

lemmy.world allows Zionists to spread misinformation . Dbzero is both anti tanki and anti zionism. There is no better combination

If you want to participate in those communities you have to follow their rules.

Spreading misinformation leading to harm or potential harm for certain groups is against the tos of lemmy.world yet they allows Zionists to do it. Lemmy.world mod do not respect their own rules

[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 6 points 6 days ago

db0 is pro-AI so fuck them too

[-] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

DB0, the user and by extension the instance, also says like 90% of the same stuff that Tankies say. Wouldn't trust that dude in the same commune as me.

[-] Loco_Mex@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

FiniteBanjo the user also says like 90% of the same stuff that Nazis say.

They’re a toxic troll who has been banned from nearly every left wing community at least once. Like it takes a level of skill to get banned from slrpnk.

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[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Bullshit. I saw pro russian propaganda removed from the instance

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[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

pro-ai is worst then platforming genocide and settler colonialism supporters?

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[-] prettybunnys@piefed.social 6 points 6 days ago

They’re the bad ones, we’re the good ones!

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[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Lemmy.world is run by Ruud, a man that lives in the Netherlands. He does not have the same legal protections as say Reddit.

Bullshit. Nobody is going to have legal issue in a niche platform with anonymous users.

I have no problem with removing the user advocating for killing all zionists but the lemmy.world has been openly defending one of the worst zionist who say palestinians was not forced to leave during the nekba

The brilliance of the Fediverse, as you realize because you've posted this on Piefed, anyone can create a server and build their own connections

We don't want echochambers and we don't want objectively wrong and disgusting content to be allowed either. The fediverse has the same problem as centralized platfoms instead of most people using only the most popular centralized , on the fediverse most gravitate to big instances. The fediverse lack tools to move content from one instance to another, even if someone want to escape from lemmy.world , he can't because it don't want to lose hia community followers

[-] ozoned@piefed.social 7 points 6 days ago

I absolutely agree we don't want echo chambers. I'm just saying, it's not up to us to decide their community.

As for the nobody is going to have legal issue in a niche platform, EVERY platform started as a niche platform. It's only a matter of time before someone DOES care and has legal issue with it. I should know, I run TubeFree.org and had a DMCA request. So someone does care.

You're on lemmy.world, if you disagree, why not move? Why not start your own? Be the bastion of speech you want to see.

Again, I'm advocating for the Fediverse. Anyone can build anything and I think we're all stronger for it.

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[-] rimu@piefed.social 20 points 6 days ago

So now we're using LLMs to write slander and propaganda against each other, are we? A new low.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 25 points 6 days ago

"Many people are saying"

The many logical flaws present in this, along with spelling and grammar errors, makes me somewhat dubious as to the veracity of its claims.

"Free speech" instances want their right to speak to override anyone else's right to not have to listen.

An authentic place to truly discuss matters sounds fantastic, but when one side calls for the actual irl murder of the other, somehow I doubt that any genuine discussion will be taking place. This is a known phenomena, called the Intolerance Paradox, which AN is fully aware of as it attempts to levy that charge against others, while simultaneously ignoring its implications applied to themselves.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

spelling and grammar errors

This is an Ad Hominem attack. Spelling and grammatical do not make an argument irrelevant

An authentic place to truly discuss matters sounds fantastic, but when one side calls for the actual irl murder of the other,

The problem is not that they are banning people callingfor murdering people including people who believe in dangerous ideologies, as long as they don't get involved in direct violence they shouldn't be attacked.

The problem is that lemmy.world allow misinformation from Zionists on their instance which is against world own TOS like claiming most Palestinians left willingfully during the nekba which is denying the fact that Palestinian was ethnically cleansed from their land

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago

This is an Ad Hominem attack. Spelling and grammatical do not make an argument irrelevant

Strawman: I never said that it did.

as long as they don’t get involved in direct violence they shouldn’t be attacked

How do you know that this did not happen, plus anyway it is not your call to make. Empathy demands that at least the tiniest amount of consideration be offered to the recipient of an assault. In this case the one threatened with literal irl murder of everyone on the entire team.

The problem is that lemmy.world allow misinformation

Then defederate from it, problem solved! Or ban as many communities on it as you wish (even preemptively, even/especially those you've never visited or even so much as heard of) - something that happens A TON already on db0 btw. On your own instance, you can do whatever you like. What you cannot do however is control whether others are forced to listen to your whinging. All you may do is offer up your content for consideration, but the rest is out of your control.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Strawman: I never said that it did.

You mentioned grammatical errors as if it is relevant in the pertinence of a statement

How do you know that this did not happen, plus anyway it is not your call to make. Empathy demands that at least the tiniest amount of consideration be offered to the recipient of an assault. In this case the one threatened with literal irl murder of everyone on the entire team.

A Zionist settler going to Arab neighborhood to kill or inflict severe damage on palestinians is what I am talking about. Palestinian has the right to resist by all means necessary

Then defederate from it, problem solved! Or ban as many communities on it as you wish (even preemptively, even/especially those you’ve never visited or even so much as heard of) - something that happens A TON already on db0 btw. On your own instance, you can do whatever you like. What you cannot do however is control whether others are forced to listen to your whinging. All you may do is offer up your content for consideration, but the rest is out of your control.

Ignoring a problem do not make a problem disappear and get solved . Why are you supporting neutrality against genocidal ideologies and defend the spreading of them?

Yo have 4 fallacies in a single paragraph. Red Herring, Straw Man, Fallacy of Composition and Tone Policing

[-] forestbeasts@pawb.social 14 points 6 days ago

Look, is this some kind of coordinated harassment campaign? It's feeling like it.

Can't we all just take a step back and breathe?

-- Frost

[-] rimu@piefed.social 14 points 6 days ago

Yes, it is.

When pressed to provide evidence of lemmy.world's Zionism they can't. When shown piefed.social's pro-palestinian history, they just double down.

This is all bullshit.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

This whole thing has been quite out in the public so there's bound to be waves of even more public reactions as new people come across it.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Screenshots of the various actions you reference would be useful. Receipts. I'm familiar with the administration patterns of world and the recent drama between world and anarchist.nexus, but you can't assume everyone is.

Also it is critical to note that "preemptive" defederation is not what dbzer0 and anarchist.nexus are calling for right now. They are simply calling for support from other instances to agree that if and only if world defeds them again, other instances would defed world in response.

Lastly, dbzer0 may be anarchist and run democratically, but it is not a free speech instance. Zionism ~~and electorialism~~ (edit: db0 clarified on this) will get you banned from dbzer0.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 days ago

Not electoralism. /0 is an outreach instance, so we allow space for discussion. Some specific anarchist comms have hard anti-electoralist rules to prevent constant arguments, but it's not an instance-wide rule.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago

Thanks for the clarification, good to know! I'll edit my comment.

[-] amlor@piefed.social 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

A bit offtopic, but makes me wonder:

db0 feels to me like a weird psyop, or simply someone's trying to promote their store (check out dbzer0.com)
They are very pro-AI and remove comments critical of it swiftly and without explanation.

I'm not saying that their claims about .world are inherently false. As I said, it's offtopic but current campaign championed by that instance made me scratch my head even more.

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[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I just want to point out that you are calling a blog and patreon link on it a "store".

Talk about weird.

They are very pro-AI and remove comments critical of it swiftly and without explanation.

This is explained as part of the instance rules. I'd recommend reading them.

The head scratcher for me is this entire comment by you.

[-] amlor@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago

Bullshit, nothing in their rules says that you can't criticize "AI".

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[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 6 days ago

I've noticed this a lot, people randomly accusing anything leftist of being a psyop because it doesn't fit their right wing view of the world.

Like this is such a completely bullshit claim, there is no store on dbzer0, it's literally just a programmers blog with some random projects they've done.

I’m saying that your claims about .dbzer0 are inherently false.

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[-] Kierunkowy74@piefed.social 17 points 6 days ago

LLMs are definitely pro-humanity /s The Hexbear Double Standard section is fully hallucinated bullshit: .world has defederated then before Hexbear turned federation on again.

ideological cleansing

Of course subreddits are humans. Just like corporations.

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[-] Snoopy@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I understand your concern. Thank to everyone replying. Remember, be kind even if you disagree with admins team.

TL;DR
The issue was solved a week ago.

I don't think the solution lie in defederation or stirring a conflict between mods, admins, developpers and instances. We have to work together somehow while keeping in mind the paradox of intolerance...we can chose our favorite community and instance.

And we will probably have to setup some guideline on defed, so it impact users the least possible way and avoid conflict between admins in most case.

Mr Kaplan acted quicky because he though it was the right thing to do. because he assumed that the AN's admins were on the same page.

Unruffled, Tenchiken, MrKaplan shared together their issue one being the violent words from an admin and the other the brutal defed. They solved this issue.

We may not agree with the moderation choice and in this case there were not right answer.

We pointed out that the defed was overboard. That the words were violent. Both side were right.


Here is MY opinion. I don't speak as piefed.social staff, nor admin from tarte. That's just my thoughts.

The threadiverse is already a small community. What would happen if we defederate from X instance ? (For Hexbear, that's another problem.)

Most users will leave and I'm not talking about us. I don't think notech users are willing to subcribe to another instance again, again, again...

for newcomers that would be a terrible experience.

Let's say you defed from lemmy.world. What would happen ? Our community may grow smaller, and smaller. Then diseapear because there is not enough contributors, because newcomers will think it is broken, that our softwares don't work.

It is already hard to keep communities alive, it take us lot free time.

So i believe the solution is, for me, creating a charter on defederation. So we do things steps by steps, without walking on each other toes. And it won't happen again. I thought about a discussion with lemmy.world admins's team but that won't be easy.


The Zionism

I'm not well versed in history, i just know that they wanted a country to protect themselve from violence, that's their narrative. And it turned into something terrible, we have the right to critizism zionism.

However, in this case, that's a grey area and those words came from an admin. That's a sensible topic because being mod or admin may engage your instance's values.

  • Those words described very well the horror in Gaza. I don't think the current genocide can be solved through peaceful means except if they remove Israel government. Israel wouldn't continue if it wasn't backed by USA and european countries. So i understand why we may use them.

  • Calling to "murder " won't solve anything there. And it will backfire against us, it is condemned by most countries's laws. When we are part of the moderation, we can face legal issue : being in prison or close our instance...

So, there is no right answer. MrKaplan did what is seemed right. We also expressed our concern on defederation and voiced our opinion. We listened to each other, altough we don't completly agree. But we work together against racism, transphobia, violent word, spam, ia...

I don't think the solution lie in defederation or stirring a conflict between us : mods, admins, developpers and instances. We have to work together somehow while keeping in mind the paradox of intolerance...

Lastly, you can chose your favorite community and instance. The one that fit you the most.

We can continue to critize Israel. But please, keep in mind that we can't change the current events, we are not part of our government. It will work better in association, NGO than in the fediverse

We can act, organize strikes, support palestinian, send letters to our governments, repel far right and imperialism...and maybe the government will change. That's all we can do.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I’m not well versed in history, i just know that they wanted a country to protect themselve from violence, that’s their narrative. And it turned into something terrible, we have the right to critizism zionism.

Israel has Herzl, the father of political Zionism, as the spiritual father of the State of Israel. In his writing, he advocated for removing Arabs from the land to create the state; that is ethnic cleansing. Zionism is a supremacist and genocidal ideology; there is no justification for it. Original leaders like Ben-Gurion also said the partition would be temporary and once they got enough power they would abolish it and expand to all of Palestine. So it didn't "turn wrong"; it was always the plan to do the Nakba.

Those words described very well the horror in Gaza. I don’t think the current genocide can be solved through peaceful means except if they remove Israel government. Israel wouldn’t continue if it wasn’t backed by USA and european countries. So i understand why we may use them.

Every government supported colonialism, so the problem is the ideology running the State of Israel.

Calling to “murder ” won’t solve anything there. And it will backfire against us, it is condemned by most countries’s laws. When we are part of the moderation, we can face legal issue : being in prison or close our instance…

I agree

So, there is no right answer. MrKaplan did what is seemed right... But we work together against racism, transphobia, violent word, spam, ia…

The problem is that Lemmy.world and Lemmy generally allow Zionismwhich is a racist supremacist ideology to spread. So no, not everybody is working together against what you mentioned. Not to mention lemmy.ml supports Russian aggression.

I don’t think the solution lie in defederation or stirring a conflict between us : mods, admins, developpers and instances. We have to work together somehow while keeping in mind the paradox of intolerance

Well, dbzero mods talk about defederating only if lemmy.world does it first.

Lastly, you can chose your favorite community and instance. The one that fit you the most.

I think spreading dangerous ideologies is too serious to simply move on from the topic and pick a different instance.

We can continue to critize Israel. But please, keep in mind that we can’t change the current events, we are not part of our government. It will work better in association, NGO than in the fediverse

We can’t change the current events, but we need to learn from history. People mention Zionist atrocities because the same atrocities never stopped to this day. I think "criticize" is a weak word; it's more like condemning Israel's colonial policies and acting against them.

We can act, organize strikes, support palestinian, send letters to our governments, repel far right and imperialism…and maybe the government will change. That’s all we can do.

We can all do this and still not let Zionists get away with propaganda. We don't want the Fediverse to become Twitter.

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[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The threadiverse is already a small community. What would happen if we defederate from X instance ? (For Hexbear, that’s another problem.) Most users will leave and I’m not talking about us.

Partially true, particularly in the direction of defederation from LW that has something like 40% of Threadiverse users and iirc still the majority of the most highly active communities. But I want to point out the converse point that people (especially mainstream non-technical normal folks) are also leaving, citing as their reason why all the calls that they see for actual, irl murder of people. You said it yourself, Hexbear is a whole other problem, besides defederation from LW. So not defederating from instances (such as AN?) that ignores the considerations of the wider Fediverse is an even more destructive act than retaining federation.

Thus it is a balancing act, as the Paradox of Intolerance guides us: we want the absolute highest, maximum diversity of opinions, while stopping short of inclusion of those offerred in bad faith. And saying that you want to murder your debate opponent, rather than use your words to espouse the higher principles of your ideals and thereby potentially win the debate, as opposed to merely vomiting ones feelings upon the Fediverse community, especially against its wishes, definitely sounds to me like the epitome if bad faith? AN is entirely free to put out calls for actual, irl murder of the entire families of a fellow instance's admin teams if they wish, but in that case why should the recipient instances be forced into platforming those, rather than be free to block them?

I don't want yet another Hexbear in my feed, and I am tired of people telling me that I simply must put up with all the "free speech" that whoever - Elon Musk, Steve Huffman, Donald Trump, or whoever - wants to put in front of my eyes. It is not "unfair" to enforce previously announced rules - and calling for the actual irl murder of people seems to me to fall into that category?

I also note that PieFed offers the ability for a user to block an entire instance, whereas its technologically less-capable elder cousin Lemmy cannot keep up, thus necessitating full instance defederation not as the only possible option, but as the only one that the Lemmy software deigns to provide to new, non-technical normal people who want to view the Threadiverse, especially without an account, or soon thereafter before they learn to ignore all the toxicity coming from "certain instances". This is precisely what the Paradox of Intolerance tells us (among other things): that their messages (calls for murder) get counted as our messages, when someone does not know how to tell the difference.

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[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

To be fair. It is a lemmy problem not a lemmy.world problem. DBzero is the only instance oppenly anti zionism and settler colonialism in general

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