What’s up with this straight up pro-china and pro-russia stuff on Lemmy lately?

It’s not even praising the people of China and Russia, but rather their gov directly.

Obviously the states have problems, and the EU to a lesser degree, but they at least have some human rights.

Is this some kind of organized disinformation campaign?

  • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Your instance is probably one of the few who still federated with lemmygrad and hexbear as you described both these instances to a T. You can either block these instances or create an account with one of the numerous instances that have defederated from these absurd groups.

      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        Funny you say that considering hexbear had themselves sealed off from everyone else for several years.

        I have no issue with people holding opposing viewpoints or perspectives, but I do have an issue with people acting as little more than mouthpieces for some authoritarian politicians. I see little difference between them and the MAGA sycophants who talk about the “great” things Donald Trump is doing.

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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          4 months ago

          Hexbear didn’t “have themselves sealed off,” r/chapotraphouse was banned for supporting John Brown, and then the sub went off and made chapo.chat, later Hexbear.net, as its own thing. Years later, they worked to integrate with Lemmy, and then the anti-communist instances like Lemmy.world defederated before Hexbear even started federating with them.

          The fact that you fail to see a difference between MAGA and communists is more of a self-own than anything. Communists have strong, resolute views based on reading theory and (ideally) organizing in the real world and advocate for liberation of all peoples.

          • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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            4 months ago

            Hexbear didn’t "have themselves sealed off,

            the sub went off and made chapo.chat, later Hexbear.net, as its own thing. Years later, they worked to integrate with Lemmy

            So they went off and “made their own thing for years” but that doesn’t describe an echo chamber?

            Instances didnt defederate from them for being communist. Lemmy.ml is run by communists and we’re obviously interacting now, no? They defederated from these groups because they’re obnoxious and disengenuous. They act like MAGA sycophants cosplaying as communists.

            • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
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              4 months ago

              Instances didnt defederate from them for being communist. Lemmy.ml is run by communists and we’re obviously interacting now, no?

              Lemmy.ml isn’t defederated from Hexbear. What are you talking about?