Yes, generally. I can be more specific and say “western progressive/Marxist” beef, ie beef between western progressives and Marxists, but that beef is also just generally the liberal/leftist beef.
I’m not really looking for a fight, either, nor an argument. I generally value productive dialogue, but often that gets shut down by people that don’t want that, so it spirals into arguments. See this “exchange” as an example.
I know you are usually polite which I appreciate. But I gotta say it’s not how I would frame it. More like MLs vs. the world. Plenty of leftists on the outside here.
I wish I could engage in debate on Lemmy.ml but the censorship makes it impossible. I used to learn things from you guys but now I just avoid all those spaces because it’s impossible to have a real conversation if you don’t 100% agree with Dessalines on every single issue. I don’t understand how anyone finds that tolerable.
In my experience, the ones that get truly censored are the ones that either are insistent on repeating outright misinformation, or genuinely break the rules via ableism, racism, homophobia, etc. I speak with plenty of people that disagree with me on Lemmy.ml, and they usually only get temp-banned if they do one of those things. Permabanning is more for repeat offenses.
As for it being MLs vs. the world, that really isn’t my experience either. I organize in real life with people that don’t align with me 100% all the time, and when I’m on Hexbear I obviously get along with Maoists, anarchists, etc. as well. The source of major beef between lemmy.world specifically and Lemmy.mlspecifically is as I said, western progressive liberal vs. Marxists, or even more generally liberal vs. leftist.
If there’s something you’re interested in discussing, I’m fine to do so, but I don’t normally like engaging in spaces that defederate from Hex and Grad, ie apply a blanket firewall against the majority of Marxists on Lemmy. Discussion in non-Marxist spaces, where the majority of commenters are insulated from Marxists, usually results in the kind of slapfighting you see all over this thread over real conversation.
In spaces that actually allow strong Marxist participation, discussion around Marxism is more intricate, such as this conversation about the subject of “Dengism” I had with someone more critical of China over on Lemmygrad. This is just one example, but it isn’t just a one-sided censorship campaign. I have been permabanned from Political Memes for pointing out the DNC’s participation in the Palestinian genocide, and from every comm PugJesus moderates because they lost an argument in an unrelated comm. I’m banned from Memes of Production for “voting while tankie,” because Deceptichum defended Hungarian Nazis for opposing the soviets. It’s tiring.
All in all, I mean this to say that discussion goes both ways, and it isn’t simply because Lemmy.ml unilaterally censors.
Yeah because mods there consider any criticism of your ideas or allied governments “bigotry”. It’s absurd. I can only assume from this comment that you share this view.
It’s the exact same logic zionists use to shield Israel from criticism.
I’m not sure if there’s anything new, just seems to be the standard liberal/leftist beef.
Is that really how you view this? I don’t want to start a big argument but I don’t find that summary accurate at all.
Yes, generally. I can be more specific and say “western progressive/Marxist” beef, ie beef between western progressives and Marxists, but that beef is also just generally the liberal/leftist beef.
I’m not really looking for a fight, either, nor an argument. I generally value productive dialogue, but often that gets shut down by people that don’t want that, so it spirals into arguments. See this “exchange” as an example.
I know you are usually polite which I appreciate. But I gotta say it’s not how I would frame it. More like MLs vs. the world. Plenty of leftists on the outside here.
I wish I could engage in debate on Lemmy.ml but the censorship makes it impossible. I used to learn things from you guys but now I just avoid all those spaces because it’s impossible to have a real conversation if you don’t 100% agree with Dessalines on every single issue. I don’t understand how anyone finds that tolerable.
In my experience, the ones that get truly censored are the ones that either are insistent on repeating outright misinformation, or genuinely break the rules via ableism, racism, homophobia, etc. I speak with plenty of people that disagree with me on Lemmy.ml, and they usually only get temp-banned if they do one of those things. Permabanning is more for repeat offenses.
As for it being MLs vs. the world, that really isn’t my experience either. I organize in real life with people that don’t align with me 100% all the time, and when I’m on Hexbear I obviously get along with Maoists, anarchists, etc. as well. The source of major beef between lemmy.world specifically and Lemmy.ml specifically is as I said, western progressive liberal vs. Marxists, or even more generally liberal vs. leftist.
If there’s something you’re interested in discussing, I’m fine to do so, but I don’t normally like engaging in spaces that defederate from Hex and Grad, ie apply a blanket firewall against the majority of Marxists on Lemmy. Discussion in non-Marxist spaces, where the majority of commenters are insulated from Marxists, usually results in the kind of slapfighting you see all over this thread over real conversation.
In spaces that actually allow strong Marxist participation, discussion around Marxism is more intricate, such as this conversation about the subject of “Dengism” I had with someone more critical of China over on Lemmygrad. This is just one example, but it isn’t just a one-sided censorship campaign. I have been permabanned from Political Memes for pointing out the DNC’s participation in the Palestinian genocide, and from every comm PugJesus moderates because they lost an argument in an unrelated comm. I’m banned from Memes of Production for “voting while tankie,” because Deceptichum defended Hungarian Nazis for opposing the soviets. It’s tiring.
All in all, I mean this to say that discussion goes both ways, and it isn’t simply because Lemmy.ml unilaterally censors.
the vast majority of the time I look into the supposed censorship on .ml it’s someone being bigoted or insulting the person they’re responding to
Yeah because mods there consider any criticism of your ideas or allied governments “bigotry”. It’s absurd. I can only assume from this comment that you share this view.
It’s the exact same logic zionists use to shield Israel from criticism.