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Is lemmy.ml just a tankie recruitment zone? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by flibbertigibbet@feddit.de to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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The shear amount of tankiness over on lemmy.ml is making me seriously consider leaving the platform.

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[-] JasSmith@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is lemmy.ml just a tankie recruitment zone?

Yes. Check out the comments on this meta post. They ban people for "orientalism" and "sinophobia," meaning "talking poorly about China." I was banned because I criticised the Lemmy developer and owner of Lemmy.ml, Dessalines, for denying the Uyghur genocide. Check out the exchange below. You'll notice that many of the comments and users support China, claim no genocide is occurring, deny the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and even claim China is a democracy. Dessalines has been curating a communist community over there for years. He's just careful to hide that during signup.

That said, just because one instance is terrible doesn't mean all other instances are terrible. kbin.social is awesome. Lemmy.world is awesome. There are lots of instances you can interact with which have nothing to do with communism.

[-] Nepenthe@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Dude just straight whataboutism'd mass rape. Christ, did I dodge a bullet.

[-] dukes00@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Do you have a screenshot of them denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre? I'm not saying that they did not say that, I'm just curious what amount of gymnastics does it take to deny that.

[-] JasSmith@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sadly not, but they removed this comment of mine four days ago, which discussed the TSM. You can find it in the modlog (lemmy.ml/modlog).

Removed Comment > "China has 1.4 billion people. Do you really think they have the ability and/or need to “squash” protests and prevent any protest from ever happening? No. They have a healthy democracy where people are involved in voicing their opinions, and protesting if it ever comes to that. Please stop ingesting so much xenophobic propaganda and learn more about the countries of which you speak." [quote text of the user to which I was replying]

First, China literally "squashed" hundreds of protesting students in the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. I encourage you to read the harrowing accounts of survivors about how the military used tanks to grind bodies into the ground and then hose them into the sewers. Secondly, China is currently committing ethnic genocide of millions of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. Lastly, China isn't a democracy. Elections in China occur under a political system controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with all candidate nominations pre-approved by the CCP. CCP regulations require members of the People's Congresses, People's Governments, and People's Courts to implement CCP recommendations (including nominations). It blows my mind to find someone who speaks so confidently about something they know so little. If you're so confident in your proposition, why don't you fly over to China and try a little protest about Xi. I've been to China many times. They made the rules clear to me: if I involved myself in anything political I was liable for life in prison or even execution. by @JasSmith

[-] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml -2 points 1 year ago

How dare the lemmy devs believe in reality instead of US State Department propaganda!

[-] JasSmith@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I think you're dumb, but I want to be clear that I respect your right to say dumb things here. I hope we remain federated with lemmygrad.ml. I much prefer to be able to disagree with people than just silence them. I say this despite knowing that, as an authoritarian, you feel the exact opposite.