Yeah I don’t want to yell at tankies either. They’re generally trying to do the right thing, but unfortunately a combination of ignorance and arrogance means they’re causing harm instead.
But the paid shills, fuck them. I hope they die in a drone attack as Ukrainians defend themselves from the sociopaths in the Kremlin.
I’ve intentionally left it unblocked because I want to do my part to make the fediverse succeed. But at this point that might be the best approach. I’ll probably do that or just leave.
For what it’s worth, I’ve always appreciated your positive and helpful contributions here. If Lemmy was full of users like you it would be fantastic.
I’ve almost stopped using Lemmy because of the kind of content you’re describing. I’ve never even told anyone I use Lemmy because I don’t want them to judge me by association. The politics on here is extremist, hateful, divisive, and non-fucking-stop.
I disagree that it’s not CCP/Kremlin bots and shills. I think a LOT of it is. Without ongoing support from those malicious authoritarian governments, Lemmy.ml, lemmygrad, and Hexbear would have half the content and engagement.
the other side
Kremlin propaganda isn’t the other side
Yeah, same people that get stressed about climate change then fly on jets without even considering the 100 liters/hour the plane burns to fly them and their luggage.
I hate the narrative too. Just people avoiding responsibility and complaining instead of doing what they can and should.
Obviously our individual actions matter.
the main issue with .ml is
transparencyauthoritarian propaganda with full-throated support from the admins
Their target audience is Westerner suckers gullible enough to have their opinions manipulated
Long live King Sunaurus, Lord of the Lemm.ee!!
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It’s a constant problem on the fediverse, if you search for things like lemmy.ml and CCP, propaganda, censoring etc it’ll get you started.
Hexbear.net and lemmygrad.ml are even worse.
Israel is committing genocide and the Kremlin used it to discourage people from voting for Harris.
They stayed home partly because of Kremlin disinformation on social media, and Lemmy.ml is a great example.
A big thanks to Lemmy.ml for helping make it happen
Do you need politicians to tell you to he a decent person? It didn’t happen, we’re in the middle of it.
Agreed, seems there are more real users than shills/bots, and I try to avoid fighting them. If you take a little time and tag users you suspect of spreading misinformation, it gets pretty easy to identify the frequent offenders pushing Kremlin/CCP talking points.