Lead Lemmy Developer, Dessalines, denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre and praising the Uyghur Genocide

https://sh.itjust.works/post/8419342

Dessalines AKA “parentis_shotgun” on Reddit, is the main Lemmy dev, also the admin of lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml.

Their post and discussions on Reddit (archive as the original post must have been removed):

https://web.archive.org/web/20230626055233/https://old.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/cqgztr/fuck_the_white_supremacist_reddit_admins_want_me/

Please join the discussions for Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem:

https://lemmy.world/post/16211417

And the discussions for finding/creating alternative communities on other instances:

https://lemmy.world/post/16235541

What is a tankie?

Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support acts of repression by such regimes or their allies. More specifically, the term has been applied to those who express support for one-party Marxist–Leninist socialist republics, whether contemporary or historical.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

  • Blaze@reddthat.comEnglish
    5011·
    6 months ago

    Indeed, but this is more about admins banning users from the entire instance because they don’t share the same political views.

    • Greg Clarke@lemmy.caEnglish
      113·
      6 months ago

      That’s fair. I appreciate that every instance host has the right to moderate their community any way they want however moderation rules should be clear and consistent. Banning people for posting respectful criticism of communism is inconsistent with the rules of lemmy.ml

    • beardown@lemm.ee
      43·
      6 months ago

      .world does this all the time though, especially if you criticize Israel or Biden (or other CIA projects)

      • nahuse@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        6 months ago

        This would also be deeply problematic. I’ve seen it posted elsewhere, and asked the same thing:

        Can you back this assertion up with any proof?

        Edit: they can’t, they’re just insulting people with disabilities and don’t like they got called for it.

        • beardown@lemm.ee
          25·
          6 months ago

          Yeah, I’ve had comments deleted and have seen others deleted that criticized Israel or that criticized Biden’s support of Israel.

          So my own eyes have shown me that this is true. My own eyes have also shown me that .world is run by mods who push an agenda that conforms with the CIAs goals of domestic control over the US population. Which, if I wanted to read that midwit drivel, then I would’ve stayed on Reddit.

              • nahuse@sh.itjust.works
                31·
                6 months ago

                I looked at your history: you were banned for calling people autistic as an insult, among other things.

                There’s literally zero obligation for me to verify anything to you, and my identity doesn’t have anything to do with the conversation at hand.

                • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  3·
                  6 months ago

                  Just report the ableism and move on. This person seems to think that everyone is a CIA operative and that autism is an insult.

                  • nahuse@sh.itjust.works
                    2·
                    6 months ago

                    Yeah, I figured that out after a little bit of interaction, but I prefer to give the other the benefit of the doubt when i start any conversation.

                  • nahuse@sh.itjust.works
                    21·
                    6 months ago

                    See, this is an example of bad faith interactions and bad trolling.

                    It’s also a good example of hate.

                    I hope you have the life you deserve.

          • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            6 months ago

            Your comments get deleted because you seem to think autism is a derogatory to attack people with.