• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    >Not a country

    >Donald Trump has repeatedly spoken badly about and deliberately mistreated Puerto Rico

    >Donald Trump also routinely speaks extremely badly about the country Puerto Rico is in

    I’m glad he’s changed his mind at the literal last minute, but it baffles me every day how ignorant people can be.

    Petition to restart [email protected], by the way.

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      Petition to restart [email protected], by the way.

      Every time I make the mistake of visiting that sub, I want to smack the mod who locked it. I don’t even know if his grievances were legit, but clearly the only people he’s hurting are the folks who would like to post to the sub.

      Edit: Are .world Admins aware? Do they have a position on the situation? Do they give a crap? Anyone know?

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        Here’s the beautiful thing about Lemmy and the Fediverse as the whole: Anyone could be a pioneer and create another leopardatemyface community–even in another instance different from lemmy.world. I saw the mod’s explanation of locking this community and I think it’s a legitimate reason cuz many of us running away from Reddit at least wants something different from the userbase and moderating culture there and .world instance failed to provide it.

        Also, I think the .world Admins are aware, and that they have a position on the situation, and most likely they don’t give a crap. That’s why like I said, any dissenting users could create yet another similar community and try to lure others in to subscribe to it.

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          most likely they don’t give a crap.

          We do, a little. But we also can’t manually curate the entire instance. For things like this, it really helps if someone comes and talks to us, especially if they’re willing to volunteer.

          I don’t think that was a legitimate reason to lock the sub. Often, when you disagree with someone, you can use words instead of mod/admin tools. And that mod created an obvious strawman to rage against. They wanted much heavier moderation than we typically do, and I don’t think we’re extremely light on moderation.

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        Not every problem needs to be solved with mod/admin tools. Absolutely nobody said rape was okay.

        “Rape is less severe than normal” is not such a dangerous opinion that mods/admins need to get involved. If you are offended and/or disagree, that’s what your words are for.

        I encourage mods to use words instead of mod tools whenever possible.

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      Maybe he just ran out of the paper towels Trump threw at him the last time he was in PR. Now he had a spill to clean up and he’s finally mad.

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      Don’t Trump call America a garbage can like a couple days before this guy made this joke? It seemed like just an extension of what Trump already said.

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        Yep.

        That’s how dictators work

        They’ll shit on top of the country and try a self fulfilling prophecy . Over time, people will believe it. They’ll create a negative mindset

        Then when they’re elected they’ll do the opposite. Their supporters will simply change their mindset.