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“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”

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[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 84 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Using the word "genocide" bans you in r/politics now

r/washingtondc locked the post

[–] Aermis@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Wait really? Just using genocide gets you banned in politics? What a bunch of shmeggs. I got banned there years ago because the mods simply went through my post history. I'm still shook with how the narrative and mind of users are tilted towards a very skewed viewpoint.

Some people believe the user base of reddit is diverse, and they're getting a healthy view of the world. Unbewknowest to them they find themselves dumbfounded when the world isn't conforming to what they believe is the majority opinion

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

r/politics mods are horrific. In the mod log (at the bottom of the screen) you can see they delete posts just because of different opinions.

So that is what "politically correct" means when we let the far right define it. If it can't be mentioned, it doesn't exist.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I can only use one sentence to comment this: when the imposters are sus