Mods go crazy over one weird trick: change “israel” to “zionists”.

Apparently it’s a bannable offense not to recognize the “state of israel”.

The normalization of colonization and genocide runs deep.

Edit: Yes, I broke and should be banned. I get it. I’m a horrible rule breaker! Downvote me to oblivion… But what many people are missing is why these rules exist and who do they serve. These rules makes things like anti-zionism effectively impossible by imposing imperial norms. That’s the whole point. It should be no surprise that the mod is apparently a zionist and racist. That’s the authoritarian mindset behind “anti-editorializing”. The entire point is promoting the default editorializing of a sick, phony, imperial culture. That’s the worst form of editorializing and propaganda.

  • Lasherz@lemmy.world
    242·
    5 days ago

    I wonder how many removals and warnings they had before the ban for rampant editorializing

    Oh…

    Nah must be your “anti-zionism” not the rules you flagrantly broke.

    Edit: I count 28 violations of rule 1.

      • Lasherz@lemmy.world
        22·
        4 days ago

        I support the same cause, you’re just making us look bad. You’re given full freedom to say your peace in the body of the post, you could even post: Truer headline: “zionazis etc.” Your* indignant denial of the rules followed by accusations of a detestable ideology being the defining feature of the removal reads like a cry-bully.

        I would have given you temp bans a lot more than you got on that com, but the way you’re acting it would have ended up in the exact same place.

        Edit: word

  • KernelPanic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    232·
    5 days ago

    oh yeah, that’s Jordan Lund’s comm, isn’t it? he’s a huge fucking zionist and also kinda racist.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      44·
      4 days ago

      They only allow hegemonic news and they disallow editorializing. This is just “editorializing” in favor of the status quo.

  • Limonene@lemmy.world
    17·
    5 days ago

    Mods go crazy over one weird trick: change “israel” to “zionists”.

    Rule 1.3:

    Title must match the article headline

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      36·
      4 days ago

      Yeah why is that? Whom does that rule serve? It definitely serves “israel” in every headline in the empire.

      • Lasherz@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 days ago

        The readers who would be rightfully shocked if a mainstream website, especially without a leading “Opinion:”, talked anything like you do about something they’ve been complicit in this whole time.

  • The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
    121·
    5 days ago

    while there are issues with that comm, “don’t edit article titles” is pretty common and standard practice. i’d say you’d be well within your right to contextualize your issues with article titles in the body of posts, but i don’t think the mod is being unreasonable with this rule or ruling

  • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
    81·
    5 days ago

    If you wanted to editorialize headlines you should have posted to a different community or made your own. I see no power tripping here, just upholding a basic rule you were reminded of multiple times. I would have banned you from my news coms, too.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      54·
      4 days ago

      Their policy of only allowing hegemonic news sources and then banning editorializing only serves to reinforce hegemony. It’s the default form of “editorializing”. It’s disinfo.

      • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
        41·
        4 days ago

        Looks like they would have allowed your news sources if you didn’t editorialize the headlines.

        I’m no fan of world news, it’s part of the reason I made alternative news coms. But your ban had nothing to do with Zionism.

        • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
          34·
          4 days ago

          The disinformation term “israel” is completely related to israel. The “rule” that I violated is designed to protect exactly this form of disinfo.

          • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
            5·
            4 days ago

            … the rule to copy headlines exactly? In that case why would you post information from sources you disagree with?

  • vatlark@lemmy.world
    112·
    5 days ago

    I dont blame that community for having strict rules. It has to be hell to mod.

    I dont think its powertripping to be strict as long as its fair.

    That rule is one that could probably be automated which would be ideal.