OP, please reword the title to be a question. Thanks.
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31·8 days agoRule 5. Locking.
Rule 5. Locking.
In the interest of moderation transparency, we’ve had a couple of reports about this post.
Here’s my thinking about it:
Community purpose
- This post is more political that would ordinarily be seen on AskLemmy, ⬇️
- it is an open-ended thought provoking question, ⬆️
- it is generating healthy and informative discussion and debate. ⬆️
Rule 1:
- the post is not trolling, sealioning, racist or toxic, ⬆️
- the topic is contentious but seems to be worded politely, ⬆️
- the author has voluntarily amended the question to be more sensitive in their framing. ⬆️
Rule 3:
- it does not fit the definition of spam or astroturfing ⬆️
On balance, I’m going to let the post remain up.
3·15 days agoColor me shocked.
It’s a Portmanteaux of Lemmy and humans.
Rule 5. Support/Lemmy meta question. Locking.
Support question. Please post in !support. Locking.
It’s 4 days late, but I’ll wade in.
It’s possible to express an opinion without being an asshole about it. That’s what Rule 1 is about. Not censorship.
I don’t like (factual) Y about country X. <- Doesn’t breach Rule 1.
The people in country X are all shit stains <- Breaches Rule 1.
Diplomatic honesty is fine (at least with me).
What isn’t fine are:- Personal attacks,
- Doxxing, trolling, sealioning,
- attacks on whole groups of people because of:
- stereotypical characteristics.
- ingroup-outgroup bias,
- readily disprovable dis/misinformation.
In summary, respectful debate is welcome. Nastiness is not.
Remember Rule 1 people.
Woah, woah, woah. Let’s not get too carried way here. Some things we just shouldn’t talk about.
Beards, not mullets!
We’ll I’ll agree that it’s better than c:/user/home/technicallythetruth/
61·28 days agoLet’s start with the second part of your question? How do you make someone understand that invading another country is not a good thing?
The Washington Post estimated that during his presidency, Trump made more than 30,000 false or misleading statements.
Lies like he breathes.
0·2 months agoAre you sure you are on the right server? I think Lemmy.ml is probably more your bubble.
The Eastern Bloc suffered an enormous drop in living quality following the dissolution of the USSR. Far from reaping a bounty via free market liberty, the people in these countries found themselves the subject of a historic privatization and looting of national treasuries and resources.
This is a black and white perspective. You have to keep in mind that citizens of these countries were significantly worse off as (involuntarily) being part of the USSR than the countries that were not in the Eastern Bloc, and most of them are now significantly better off as part of the EU. Most citizens remember the repression, shortages, and russification all too well.
A hint on incense and spicy food, the smell of the ocean, and tuk tuk fumes.
Take people with low empathy and train them up in psychological manipulation and covert operations. Color me shocked that this happened.