Lead Lemmy Developer, Dessalines, denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre and praising the Uyghur Genocide

https://sh.itjust.works/post/8419342

Dessalines AKA “parentis_shotgun” on Reddit, is the main Lemmy dev, also the admin of lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml.

Their post and discussions on Reddit (archive as the original post must have been removed):

https://web.archive.org/web/20230626055233/https://old.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/cqgztr/fuck_the_white_supremacist_reddit_admins_want_me/

Please join the discussions for Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem:

https://lemmy.world/post/16211417

And the discussions for finding/creating alternative communities on other instances:

https://lemmy.world/post/16235541

What is a tankie?

Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support acts of repression by such regimes or their allies. More specifically, the term has been applied to those who express support for one-party Marxist–Leninist socialist republics, whether contemporary or historical.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

  • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
    7218·
    6 months ago

    I‘m glad that the fediverse resists excessive moderation and silencing of unwanted political opinions. I‘m not a fan of some of the things said or done on .ml but we wont do anything which is awesome. You can make your own instance and defederate, ban, block whoever you like.

    To make my point clear, I made a large donation to the lemmy devs as I think they are doing awesome work. @dessalines@lemmy.ml especially is a tremendous help for the open source community.

    But of course you‘re entitled to your opinion. Have a good day.

      • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
        43·
        6 months ago
        1. how will you prove they’re not „real people“?
        2. you‘re using a platform made by them
        3. the post itself is also propaganda since it pushes for a „solution“ against „tankies“.
        • fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee
          24·
          6 months ago

          1. Hold my hand and we’ll go visit their house and ask them

          2. Creating something doesn’t give them the right to spread lies, and they probably funded it specifically in order to spread propaganda

          3. This post isn’t a systemic campaign of disinformation… a single person saying we should do something isn’t propaganda. I’m talking about government-driven efforts to change thought and opinions. In this case, from a government with a long history of murdering and oppressing people.

          • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
            22·
            6 months ago

            I‘m not saying you cant be right. I still dont agree with your assumptions. Have a good day.

      • beardown@lemm.ee
        19·
        6 months ago

        This entire thread glows and is extremely consistent with CIA goals.

        You’re beyond naive if you think the Marxists are brainwashed, yet you and the “people” in this thread aren’t.

        • fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee
          32·
          6 months ago

          I don’t think Marxists are brainwashed at all. Can’t you contribute without putting words in my mouth?