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.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    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.

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      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.

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        2 months ago

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

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          2 months ago

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