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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Skiluros@sh.itjust.works to c/meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works
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Not a very good post on my part, I must admit.

That being said I am Ukrainian (from Lugansk no less). I very much believe what I said and I do hope one day the tankies (and Dessalines specifically) meet the same fate as what they wish on me, my family and my fellow citizens.

This was motivated by their celebration of the occupation of Lugansk.

I hate their guts (and the russians too of course; I am not a believer in russian victimhood narratives, a wealth of research shows that an overwhelming majority support genocidal imperialism). Disgusting scum stuffing their mouths with American fast food, while cheering for russian genocidal imperialism.

Apologies in advance.

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[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

To be fair, I think your incredibly hostile post would be removed from any serious community, and some would ban. There are much better examples in this community of ML just overreaching and taking action over mere disagreements or citing sources they don't like.

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

100%, this is not a good post at all. It's not meant to be constructive.

This is just me telling them that I hate their guts and I hope they get what's coming to them.

As far as I am concerned, wishing them death is merely a symmetrical response to their behaviour of supporting russian genocidal imperialism.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

When you obtain your site ban, you can proudly display this achievement unlock!

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am surprised I haven't been banned yet (thread was deleted). Or does Voyager not show notifications for bans?

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Looks like davel removed it, but no bans yet, but they do this thing a lot where davel removes content and dessalines comes hours later and bans the actual user. So it'll probably still come LMAO

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Why .. why are y'all on that instance?

Seems like it would affect me, at least, a lot less if people stopped sharing their constant bullshit here.

And before you tell me to block y'all, don't worry, I will if this keeps showing up in /all for me. I am just giving you a heads up that whatever you are trying to accomplish, this is where you're at.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

This comm really exists for more documentation purposes, though the occasional meme and justifiable "poke the bear" post comes along from time to time

These kinds of posts would probably be better suited for the designated Tankie dunking comm !tankiejerk@lemmy.world id say

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If the community for making fun of tankies bothers you, then maybe get the fuck out of the community for making fun of tankies. What an absolute buffoon.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io -1 points 2 days ago

Read my comment again slowly and maybe you will get that reading comprehension score back up.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 5 points 2 days ago

You realize the purpose of the community you're in right? If it's that distressing then remove it from your feed by blocking the community.

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

What do you mean?

Wasn't it clear from my text that I meant what I said? There is no 4D chess here.

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I think it should be legal to deport people like Yogthos who immigrate into the West but are obviously on some sort of foreign intelligence payroll to run low-grade propaganda online. They are basically spies. They should be thrilled to go back to China and Russia anyway.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Yogthos is supposedly Canadian, Dessalines is rumored to be in America

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I would even go as far saying it's in the interest of every country to identify all committed tankies, cancel their citizenship and drop them off (on a one way basis) in international waters in the Baltic sea by St. Shitsburg

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago

Currently that responsibility is with platforms unfortunately

[–] blah3166@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

great time to help others migrate away from, not just the lemmy.ml community, but anything related to Lemmy, dessalines, yogthos, et al. P

iefed and Kbin/Mbin exis, the voyager app just added support for Piefed. let's not support those who seek to oppress us.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Honestly, only the drama of Lemm.ee going down has stopped me from transferring away from .world at this point.

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

I started a tech community a year ago that has overtaken (the somewhat moribund) ML version a year ago and I am slowly moving to Piefed (moved one of the communities I curate from lemm.ee to Piefed).

I just had enough of them cheering for the occupation of Lugansk. Fuckers deserve a taste of their own medicine (i.e. people wishing them death).

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 6 points 2 days ago

I'm currently creating a Piefed-Lemmy bridge, so soon(ish) you will be able to use your favourite app with Piefed!

My long term goal is to create a simple process to fully migrate a live Lemmy server to Piefed without anyone noticing.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 days ago

What can I say except Слава Україні!

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Irony of fate:

Btw, I am still not banned from ML.