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Call to defederate from feddit.org over zionism (amended) (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/sdfpubnix@lemmy.sdf.org

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New Lemmy Drama: "Feddit.org officially announces they will ban criticism of Israel and pro-Palestinian posts and comments."

I find this morally reprehensible. I have always spoken against defederazation when others have mentioned it. This is too much. Apologies if this upsets anyone.

Palestinians are human beings and have a right to life.

Edit: I have been persuaded by some thoughtful replies. I will block them from my view. I no longer support making the decision for others. Thanks all.

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[–] ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I only would agree with defederating if it's proven that they are blocking anti-genocide content on other servers from being visible to their users.

In general I believe that maintaining lines of communication with those who otherwise believe in reprehensible ideologies is best, both in order to better understand such backwards ideologies, and also to provide a lifeline back to consensus reality for people who've been swept up by them.

I also believe that in the majority of cases, users should wield the power to instance-block for themselves. Or at least, servers where this is the case are the ones I prefer to participate on.

However, if it becomes clear that feddit.org admins are censoring content external to their instance due to their support of Zionism, then my first objection becomes irrelevant, and the second would be questionable, given the efforts of admins to put external fedi content thru a pro-genocide filter. At that point, defederation would be both warranted and wise.