demesisx

Thanks for engaging me, though. It’s SO much more productive than me banning your or you blocking me. In the end, I’m so glad we both got to say the things we wanted to say even if it got a bit heated there. I’m happy to call you an ally. I agree that I’d catch more flies with honey; It’s just been me shouting into the void since I watched Bernie get cheated in ‘16 . I’m sure that my anger at the injustice of our political system (from being constantly gaslighted on Twitter by fake-leftist DNC operatives like Brooklyn Dad, Charlotte Clymer, and people like David Brock and Neera Tanden) is palpable even by way of the filter of text.

Thanks for everything…even the ugly parts. And thanks for making me aware of my ugly, ugly, highly embarrassing tendency to mischaracterize the person I am debating (perhaps due to years of being gaslighted by people that did fit those highly reductive definitions to a T). I look back at my name-calling (that I left with strikethroughs) and bow my head in shame.

Ps. I do the SAME thing with the edits! Don’t feel bad.

Calling someone a Zionist when they’re arguing AGAINST a ceasefire is ABSOLUTELY not below the belt. Zionist isn’t a slur. It’s a word used by actual Zionist’s.

After looking at your “evidence”, I still disagree with the ban. Linkerbaan was angry at people literally preventing the truth about an actual genocide being broadcast live for all to see.

Downvote those you disagree with and walk away. Banning is for death threats and stuff like that. Calling people names like “fascist” is not abuse. It’s public discourse.

That’s a great point that I honestly hadn’t considered.

All totally valid points. I just so happen to disagree with API official ban lists.

Many have been banned. A leftist named linkerbaan (or to like that) was one for sure.

Most of the issues I have with world are invisible because the comments are removed and the users are banned. As long as you stick with their narrative (that Trump bad and Biden/Kamala good) you won't run afowl of them.

So fringe that BlueSky officially lists the most blocked accounts on BLueSky IN THEIR API: https://vqv.app/

So fringe that millions of people subscribe to them.

So fringe that over 1700 people upvoted this list on Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1gtqtd3/and_remember_you_can_block_all_magarelated/

yup. Lemmy.world!

I disagree strongly but thank you for your well-reasoned response.

This sets a dangerous precedent. Biden is (and always has been) a criminal.

Case in point (and very closely related to this pardon): He fleeced ENTIRE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS IN DIRECT EXCHANGE FOR A PAYOUT FROM MBNA TO HIS SON THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

I thought long and hard about this exchange just now over a shower and I thought perhaps I’m misattributing you as a liberal partisan hack. Perhaps I read your quote and painted you with the same brush I accuse others of using because something you said aligned to that definition in my head.

You’re right. I HAVE spent too long in echo chambers. Their rampant censorship of basic truths sets off my anger at injustice.

Perhaps you’re just trying to say “be nice to people”.

but what I’m saying is anyone is free to point out any self owns they want on this on this community. Trump supporters are a cornucopia themselves of self-owns. So, I want to set out right now that you’re welcome to post any instance of a self own. Perhaps even my own in this thread in characterizing you incorrectly is in and of itself a self own. 😅

I will not ban it or censor it or do anything to stifle anyone’s free speech. I apologize if I mischaracterized you.

antagonizing people who would otherwise be on your side is a terrible way to gain support.

~~Do you not see yourself, coming here to antagonize people who would otherwise be on your side? Do you have any self-awareness whatsoever?~~

You’re actively fighting with me because I am (rightly) criticizing ~~your~~ a demagogue for resorting to EXTRAJUDICAL means. If I said anything about Trump doing the same exact thing, ~~you’d~~ libs would be like, “Hell yeah!” ~~Please take a moment to reflect on your own extreme hypocrisy.~~

I’m done with respectability politics. I made this community to escape the rampant censorship on Lemmy.world of opinions critical of the DNC under the guise of being a safe space. I made it to be free to point out the blind (smug even) partisan hypocrisy ~~that you’re so adamant about demonstrating for me in this thread~~.

edit: blatant mischaracterization and demonstration of hypocrisy on my part