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Cake day: June 12th, 2023
  • Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldMtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Supporters of Israel's actions in Gaza - why do you think the Geneva convention should not apply?English
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    2 months ago

    In the interest of moderation transparency, we’ve had a couple of reports about this post.

    Here’s my thinking about it:

    Community purpose

    • This post is more political that would ordinarily be seen on AskLemmy, ⬇️
    • it is an open-ended thought provoking question, ⬆️
    • it is generating healthy and informative discussion and debate. ⬆️

    Rule 1:

    • the post is not trolling, sealioning, racist or toxic, ⬆️
    • the topic is contentious but seems to be worded politely, ⬆️
    • the author has voluntarily amended the question to be more sensitive in their framing. ⬆️

    Rule 3:

    • it does not fit the definition of spam or astroturfing ⬆️

    On balance, I’m going to let the post remain up.

  • Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldMtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Lemmy users, what is / are your least favourite countriesEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s 4 days late, but I’ll wade in.

    It’s possible to express an opinion without being an asshole about it. That’s what Rule 1 is about. Not censorship.

    I don’t like (factual) Y about country X. <- Doesn’t breach Rule 1.

    The people in country X are all shit stains <- Breaches Rule 1.

    Diplomatic honesty is fine (at least with me).
    What isn’t fine are:

    • Personal attacks,
    • Doxxing, trolling, sealioning,
    • attacks on whole groups of people because of:
      • stereotypical characteristics.
      • ingroup-outgroup bias,
      • readily disprovable dis/misinformation.

    In summary, respectful debate is welcome. Nastiness is not.

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