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Basically what I said in the title, the post was doing bothsideism with China and the US, comparing the Uyghur in Xinjiang to Palestine, and using wikipedia as sources. Reason for the ban, misinformation, lmao.

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[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah Wikipedia is fine if you’re just trying to find out the average daily temperature in Milwaukee in September, but for anything with nuance it’s unreliable.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Funnily, now to think of it, didn't they change the article from "Uygur Genocide" to "Persecution of Uygurs in Xinjiang?"

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago

That's exactly what I said in the comment

[–] Terrarium@hexbear.net 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Uneducated liberals calling basic facts misinformation rather than ever investigate the impact propaganda has had on them.

These are exactly the kinda of people that should not be mods, as they have no humility.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

In this particular case it's not actually true though, 196 mod on blahaj is on active antitankie crusade and ban everyone he suspect.

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 14 points 5 days ago

Yup, looking at the moderation history of mods such as "WillStealYourUsername" they're practically only banning people for "suspected tankie" or "tankie"

[–] Terrarium@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure that's true but is it really different?

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Yes, it means he's not just uneducated liberal but have consciously hostile agenda.

[–] Terrarium@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

I don't think those are incompatible. The former tends to lead to the latter, particularly those unwilling to question their own experience being propagandized.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 days ago

The Uyghur wikipedia article quotes adrian fucking zenz, like come on

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 days ago

getting banned from 196 is a badge of honor

Clearly they don't know the lore behind Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia