The one where Hexbear unironically rebrands some of their vilest propaganda-filled troll communities (aka "beloved spaces") as "counterpropaganda" and "gossip" 🤣

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3856299

Hello users of Hexbear, we wanted to inform you that we are going to be locking the_dunk_tank and dredge_tank communities. We have created two new communities /c/gossip and /c/counterpropaganda to serve a similar but clearly distinct purpose than the dunk/dredge tanks.

Not only is the dunk tank a term that has racist origins, but also many posts there were almost no effort and often times requiring later edits to show how they weren't reactionary, ~~not useful with regard to developing rhetoric and furthering dialectical analysis of that which we dunk upon~~.

To that end, we wish posts of reactionaries to be placed in !counterpropaganda@hexbear.net along with an accompanying explanation (as simple or complex as desired) with the intent of countering the reactionary propaganda in the post body, as of now comments are not subject to the same ~~rhetorical rigor~~ rule.

For the posts ~~that are not "low-hanging fruit'~~ of notable people we ask that you use !gossip@hexbear.net .

These changes are mainly part of a continued effort to remove the racist and misogynistic elements from our community and grow.

Any moderators of the dunk tank or dredge tank that want to be a mod in the new communities let me know.

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As a personal addendum I am sorry if the closing of the tanks, removes a beloved space on the site, if you want to suggest a community to replace them you may do so at !commrequest@hexbear.net or submit a mod application to take a more active role in shaping the site. Sitewide or community changes come from proposals put forth from the mod team, discussed, and voted on by the mod team.

1. Farmer! Be red, hold a gun
2. Give gun to red soldier, he'll protect you
3. If you don't giveup your gun, you're a traitor
4. Farmers, give bread to revolution!
5. America [brings corn] to the starving of Russia

Can't they see this? I mean, I just said it.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/7509832

For those unaware, Houthi is one of the most extreme groups of jihad terrorists in the Middle-East, their flag is as follows:

"God is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, Cursed be the Jews, Victory to Islam".

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/6853944

Context is the attack and rape on Rave attendees by Hamas forces

Was reading about a Community which popped up in my Feed. First Rule is based².

A few years ago, the Lemmy Developers decided to keep their political views on lemmygrad while keeping lemmy.ml more neutral. Now they are banning users who are critical of their actions and bigotry.

Anti-Tankie posts may put you at risk of being banned from commenting and posting on the lemmy.ml instance.

I thought horseshoe theory was disproven but most posts on there could just as well be from far right extremists. It's just contrarianism for the sake of being contrarian.