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Added context: the removed comment is from a hexbear, which I find even more ironic, because it was one of the more level-headed ones :)

Usually I just go to the instance e.g. feddit.nl and write feddit.nl/modlog, but when a comment gets removed from a thread, I assume that only the moderator from that thread has that power, so it will be in that thread's instances' modlog, but I'll admit that I'm not 100% sure that's what modlogs show. If somebody reports a comment from another instance, who does the removing?

PS: I can't access lemmy.ml actually and when I get the fediverse link of that discussion it turns out to be a lemmy.zip instance, but each post seems to point to the poster's instance, so I'm confused :D

One of the advantages of lemmy is the transparent modlog, where I see a) lots of thankless work mods perform I assume for free b) 99.99% bullshit that is not constructive in a public forum. I'm adjusting my expectations about the false positive removal rate considering how much useless comments get through.

What is a reactionary, according to you? (if you agree with the decision)

Also: am I crazy for not thinking this is a reactionary comment that deserves to be removed in a public debate while e.g. "death to america" is still there? I won't argue back, I just want to hear if I'm the minority here.

I want to know what reactionary stands for when summarily dismissing a comment like that. At least looking at a dictionary this is not a reactionary comment, particularly in the context of such a debate.

Also starting my own instance would not help anyway, because the comment was removed from a discussion in another instance from mine, right? Any conversation started in an instance is completely at the unappealable mercy of that instance's moderators.

yep, your slavery increases somebody else's freedom from work, but they are not the same thing, that "is" is doing some heavy lifting there.

The point by George Orwell is that when you accept propaganda soundbites unthinkingly, you become somebody's tool.

That's just a modern abusive interpretation of the Koran in some societies anyway. E.g. https://www.abdullahyahya.com/2019/09/proof-muslim-women-dont-have-to-cover-their-hair/

Of course once your family has inculcated in you that body privacy is a duty, you may begin to see it as your right in France where institutions are secular, which creates these integration problems.

If there is a pair of kids in a school who doesn't want to wear what their parents force on them, to me that is still worth protecting at the expense of Muslim conservative students' right to wear a traditional dress.

I hope so 😇

After looking at what an abaya is and understanding some of the overt and covert reasons for doing this and the reaction, the cool solution would be if abayas (they're really just a loose dress) started to be marketed at everyone, so that anyone could wear them and end this stupid debacle. What do people wear in the west if they don't want people to look at their "curves" anyway? Huge market gap, right there. Or maybe instead of abayas they'll start wearing long trench coats to school, lol.

PS: meanwhile, in SA: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-women-socialmedia-idUSKCN1NL2A1

What does modestly mean to you?

Yesss, solar thermal for the win wherever you need hot water in sunny areas!

"Religion is the opium of the people." (Karl Marx, you might have heard of him)