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Meanwhile On Grad


Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!


What is a Tankie?


Alternatively, a detailed blog post about Tankies.

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Basic Rules:

Sh.itjust.works Instance rules apply! If you are from other instances, please be mindful of the rules. — Basically, don't be a dick.

Hate-Speech — You should be familiar with this one already; practically all instances have the same rules on hate speech.

Apologia(Using the Modern terminology for Apologia) No Defending, Denying, Justifying, Bolstering, or Differentiating authoritarian acts or endeavours, whether be a Pro-CCP viewpoint, Stalinism, Islamic Terrorism or any variation of Tankie Ideology.

Revisionism — No downplaying or denying atrocities past and present. Calling Tankies shills, foreign/federal agents, or bots also falls under this rule. Extremists exist. They are real. Do not call them shills or fake users as it handwaves their extremism.

Tankies can explain their views but may be criticised or attacked for them. Any slight infraction on the rules above will immediately earn a warning and possibly a ban.

Off-topic Discussion — Do not discuss unrelated topics to the point of derailing the thread. Stay focused on the direct content of the post as opposed to arguing.

You'll be warned if you're violating the instance and community rules. Continuing poor behaviour after being warned will result in a ban or removal of your comments. Bans typically only last 24 hours, but each subsequent infraction will double the amount. Depending on the content, the ban time may be increased. You may request an unban at any time.


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[–] FundMECFS@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 day ago

Hahhahah. I just wish we could give a genefal warning to new users joining lemmy.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If only !privacy@lemmy.world, or better !privacy@programming.dev was more popular, i love !privacy@lemmy.ml but you have to tip toe around lemmy.ml's rules to make sure you don't get banned. I'm a socialist myself but banning someone for not being one off of a PRIVACY community is fucking ridiculous 🤦‍♂️

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago

I just left lemmyml. I wasn't worth the effort.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 1 day ago

They control some key communities and they love swinging that ban hammer.

They own the server and we know how they behave. Need a to be seeding an alternative community. That's the fedi answer

[–] Fitik@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hate for communists

Is there a rule for it now?

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On .ml yeah. Hate for actual communists is required. Hate for tankies is prohibited.

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What if I think one is a failed system and hate the other with a passion?

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

B A N N E D

(reason: ambiguity)

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago

No no no:

"Rule 2."