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[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 65 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Where's that whiny lemm.ee lib that was like 'hE wAs DoInG sOmEtHiNg' when it happened

[–] DoiDoi@hexbear.net 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They've been banned so I'm not sure if the ping will work, but it was @ScrewCapital@lemm.ee. Hope they see this lol

[–] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They shouldn't have been banned imo because they were increasingly hostile because I was increasingly annoying. I mean sure they're a lib too but what do the mods expect when i start responding to lengthy replies with varying equivalents of "lol suck me off liberal," that'd engender hostility in most people

(but he called me an idiot so i checked out, i'm not gonna read 10 paragraphs from someone talkin shit at me)

[–] DoiDoi@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah I'm with you there. I don't think people like that should be banned so quickly. Like yeah they were rude but now they're most likely back in a lib space where they won't be exposed to this kind of information which could possibly help them to keep moving left. Instead now they'll just keep on libbin' with maybe a bit of extra "the tankies were mean to me" to go with it

[–] seas_surround@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

on the other hand, telling a liberal to suck off me and then seeing them immediately get banned before they can reply is one of the best parts of the site

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Their name would have led me to believe they weren't a lib, but I saw their comments in realtime and it was absurdly cringe

[–] Future_Honkey@hexbear.net 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I've noted that a good % of new libs seem to think hiding behind left-adjacent names and/or non-cis pronouns will protect them from moderation.

I recall this one lib in particular complaining/defending their ass-takes by repeatedly reminding the thread their name was taken from a leftist.

They still got banned haha! Goofy, the lot of em

I got the impression they were a rad lib on a hopefully leftward trajectory. I think they shouldn't have been banned imo because like, how else will they ever be cured of their rad libbery other than by exposure to actual communists

[–] goferking0 7 points 2 days ago

I mean that's almost the entire thread on lw and reddit/stormfront