• Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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    literally every time someone is like ‘woe is me the tankies got me, all i did was speak truth to power’ i look at the modlog and it’s them insulting people or being a reactionary

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          So we’re in agreement that one should not be banned for expressing a negative opinion of the USSR?

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            there’s plenty of criticism of the USSR, Stalin, Putin in these spaces.

            people who are lazily ragebaiting and accusing people of being mossad for criticism of the US prison-industrial complex do get banned though

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              Criticism of the USSR, Stalin, and Putin is deleted in ml instances. My deletion history proves it.

              The representation was inaccurate, as 80% of the 1996 US figure quoted were on probation, not incarcerated.

              It’s not lazy ragebaiting to verify facts, is it?

              And since you’re such an expert, which Lemmy user in particular, was insulted? Why is the mere assertion that one works on behalf of an intelligence service considered an insult by a disinterested observer?

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                Your deletion history proves that calling people “mossad psyops” while angrily flailing like a toddler gets you banned. The very same thread has plenty of others (attempting to) critique the Soviet Union without being banned.

                This is like saying I got banned for arguing against racism on whatever instance that fucked up phrenology thread was at, while I in actuality got banned for being kind of rude.

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                  Probation is distinct from parole in the US legal system. Shall I provide you with a source to clarify the difference?

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                    typo on my part, the point is the same. both are still parts of the carceral state.

                    that the US has got better at managing more people through its carceral system with less visible imprisonment is not the flex that you think it is