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Remember Rule 1 people.
Remember rule 1, people! We can’t have any truth leaking into our aggressively-censored (lemmy.world) echo-chamber that so closely resembles the smug Reddit hive-mind that it’s hard to discern between the two!
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.
Rule 1 is: Be nice and have fun.
Definitely censorship there. I’d add more, but that would violate rule 1.
So instead… I hope you have the day you deserve.
My point is: Rule 1 is vaguely-phrased and has been repeatedly cited as justification for censorship. ESPECIALLY here on Lemmy.world.
“Be nice”.
Anyone dishing out any inconvenient truths about the world can be accused of not “being nice”. It’s the perfect catch-all for censorship happy moderation.
It might as well say, “don’t say anything that might be considered controversial by the hivemind”
Or, just don’t be a dick. Something many users have a fundamental issue with from my experience over the last 25+ years online.
Perhaps. I don’t think I’ve stepped out of line but text can be read in so many different tones.
You ever get into a debate where the other side won’t even meet you in the middle at some source of ground truth and the reality that you have to make them aware of is impossible for them to perceive in a way that doesn’t sound threatening to their entire worldview? It happens all the time. That’s not being a dick. That’s the reality of these types of discussions. They are uncomfortable but essential for a healthy democracy.
I wasn’t directing it at you specifically, just a general commentary about the pseudo-anonymity that many internet commenters feel they have and the resulting attitudes and responses because of that. The core reason for vague generalized rules like Rule 1 is because people will be dicks, just because they can. And that manifests in hundreds of different ways that are hard to account for in a general community rule structure beyond something simple like, don’t be a dick.
Ahh. Well thanks for hearing me out. I’m glad to be able to describe something that happens to me repeatedly on these types of forums.
Countries I like in no particular order: Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, New Zealand
Demacia from Runeterra. They claim to be morally right and superior whilst also doing eugenics. Bloody bastards.
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All countries are shit. Fuck borders. Let’s just be earthlings and chill the fuck out.
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None.
Countries don’t have a unique identity I could like or dislike as a whole.
They can vary widely from region to region, city to city, block to block, street to street… heck even person to person. I may not like some people, or at worst some region because of this or that reason but that is all.
I hate America, because that’s where I’m from and what I know the most about. If I lived in your country, I’d hate it more.
Why is this posted twice by two users on two instances? OP I think you exposed your alt.
Read the thread title again….
I assure you, that other user is not me. Honestly though, who cares anyway? They’re two totally opposite questions.
I see the distinction, my mistake. Was trying to be helpful in case you double posted by accident.
No problem! Thanks for the heads up even though it wasn’t true. :)
This thread will either be all american hate or super racist, there’s no in between
Probably the ones who oppress their own people, wage war, manufacture weapons and death, spread terrorism… I’m not singling out any specific one. It’s difficult to compare which atrocity is the worst and choose a winner.
Great answer. You managed to put it in a way that can’t possibly offend while also being honest.✊
I have no particular dislike for any country. I just don’t like some people I know personally or whose actions are known to me.
I’m not well-traveled internationally. Outside of America I’ve only ever been to Costa Rica, which was a great experience. I’d like to visit Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Germany, and Canada.
Outside of the obvious despotic and corrupt nations, I’ve watched enough Amazing Race to know that, sorry, I’ll never go to India.
