Hello World,

Today, after careful consideration and evaluation of recent events, we have decided to defederate from Lemmygrad.

Regrettably, we have observed a significant increase in hate speech and calls to violence originating from the Lemmygrad instance. Due to the severity of the posts and comments, we are not waiting for the next Lemmy update that will allow users to block instances.

At Lemmy.world, we have always strived to foster an inclusive and welcoming user environment. However, recent posts and comments from Lemmygrad have clearly violated our server rules and, more importantly, our core values. We firmly believe that hate speech and incitement of violence have no place in our community, regardless of personal beliefs or affiliations.

As always, we encourage all users to report any content they deem inappropriate or harmful. No matter one’s stance in any conflict, Lemmy.world will always take immediate action to remove and ban any posts or comments that incite violence or propagate hatred.

We encourage everyone to continue engaging in discussions within the boundaries of respect and understanding. As we move forward with this decision, we remain committed to providing all community members with a safe and welcoming space. We appreciate your continued support and cooperation in upholding our shared principles.

Thank you,

The Lemmy.World Team

  • alvvayson@lemmy.world
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    Whenever communists or socialists gather, the tankies take over.

    It’s been like that since the past 100 years.

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      I’m not even sure they’re really tankies anymore (or the meaning of the word is changing). Actual tankies still ostensibly support communism, but all too often, it’s blatantly apparent that they’re actually right-wing totalitarians cosplaying.

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        Yep, it’s easy to bait them too. You make a post or comment calling out tankies for supporting authoritarianism, and out of the woodwork scurry all the “socialists and communists” to downvote you.

        Thing is, a real socialist or communist hates authoritarianism too.

      • Dale@lemmy.world
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        They’re tankies in the original sense. The word came from an incident where there was an actual honest to god socialist movement when workers were seizing the means of production, and “communist” Russia sent literal tanks to shut it down. A reporter happened to observe the whole thing in person and tried to write up the story, but his editors would only print the official U.N. statement that the tanks were stopping a fascist movement.

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        1 year ago

        Tankies support russian or Chinese versions of communism, which really isn’t communism at all.

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      [Looks around nervously]

      Aren’t we gathering here too? This defederation seems like tankies not taking over.

      Anecdotally I was in a bunch of actual leftist subreddits; I only departed because capitalists enshittified the whole website.

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        1 year ago

        Maybe you just didn’t recognize it. Reddit leftist spaces were famously led by tankie mods.

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          Yup, you would call out their BS and you get banned. The system was perfect and no one is allowed to fully criticize it.

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      1 year ago

      Notably - this applies to any governing bodies.

      Fuck communism, it will never work you dumbasses.