I got banned from /c/privacy some months ago for implying that maybe Russia isn’t the most pro-privacy country in the world… Well, that was the reasoning they gave, and they took at as anti-Russian or something. But the real reason is that I roasted them for being way too interested in someone else’s business (in this case GrapheneOS main dev) and spreading FUD. They threatened me with a ban, so I responded with an even better thought-out response and challenged them to do it.
The temp ban has passed, so it’s possible my posts have been restored (big doubt), but I decided to just bail on pretty much all lemmy.ml communities. It’s a massive echo chamber at this point and there’s really no value in going there for me anymore. I think I’m subbed to one or two, but that’s about it.
BTW, I didn’t realize Dessalines was from Haiti. I have no issues with him (I’ve contributed some patches to Lemmy and interacted with him), but I very much disagree with his politics.
He’s not from Haiti. Dessalines was a Haitian revolutionary who killed all the plantation owners on the island (and their families) and then was killed by the slaves he freed because they all ran out of food because nobody would trade with them anymore. I just think it’s incredibly cringe that he would appropriate the moniker of an actual freedom fighter who faced an actual struggle, but who was also complete shit being a leader. It kind of sums up the edgy ignorance perfectly.
I got banned from /c/privacy some months ago for implying that maybe Russia isn’t the most pro-privacy country in the world… Well, that was the reasoning they gave, and they took at as anti-Russian or something. But the real reason is that I roasted them for being way too interested in someone else’s business (in this case GrapheneOS main dev) and spreading FUD. They threatened me with a ban, so I responded with an even better thought-out response and challenged them to do it.
The temp ban has passed, so it’s possible my posts have been restored (big doubt), but I decided to just bail on pretty much all lemmy.ml communities. It’s a massive echo chamber at this point and there’s really no value in going there for me anymore. I think I’m subbed to one or two, but that’s about it.
BTW, I didn’t realize Dessalines was from Haiti. I have no issues with him (I’ve contributed some patches to Lemmy and interacted with him), but I very much disagree with his politics.
He’s not from Haiti. Dessalines was a Haitian revolutionary who killed all the plantation owners on the island (and their families) and then was killed by the slaves he freed because they all ran out of food because nobody would trade with them anymore. I just think it’s incredibly cringe that he would appropriate the moniker of an actual freedom fighter who faced an actual struggle, but who was also complete shit being a leader. It kind of sums up the edgy ignorance perfectly.
Wow…