submitted 8 months ago by InevitableSwing@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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At chess.com after things heated up in Ukraine - players with Russian flags had them removed with that bluish gray rectangle. If you mouse over it - you get that message a link to this - On The Invasion Of Ukraine.

As you can see - despite Israeli's genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza the Israel flag has no limitations and there's no link.

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The blue diamond shows each of them has a paid account so they can change their flag if they want to. If you have a free account (like me) - you can't change your flag. I'm stuck with the American flag unless I pony up for a paid account.

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[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 26 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Why are you playing on chess .com? Lichess.com is way better.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 24 points 8 months ago

If you missed it...

Girl Scouts Threatened Legal Action Against Troop Over Gaza Fundraiser

A Girl Scout troop leader in Missouri was threatened with legal action by the organization after her troop tried to sell bracelets to raise money for Gaza... [The leader] said she had seen troops hold similar fundraisers to support the victims of the war in Ukraine.

[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 20 points 8 months ago

government not people, folks, government not people

okay but i initially thought the grey was like a spoiler and if you clicked it it would reveal which side the user supported, that would be funny tbg, esp if you could do a non sequitor flag "i support Jamaica in the Ukriane War"

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago

the grey was like a spoiler and if you clicked it it... non sequitor flag

That would be awesome. And I wish Reddit had that.

"What does it mean exactly that you support Jamaica in the Ukraine War?"

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

"It's okay when we do it!" is the bedrock of the West's moral compass. It's why they had to invent the term "whataboutism."

[-] WHATABOUTISM_DETECTOR@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

[-] milistanaccount09@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

international-community-1 international-community-2

[-] NedIsakoff@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago

When I had a paid chess account I just used the International flag. Had some funny interactions with people thinking I was a Russian or Chinese trying to hide my identity.