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lemmygrad.ml and other themed instances (self.general)
submitted 1 year ago by muertinez to c/general
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So I just discovered lemmygrad.ml because I saw a comment that described it as “an extremist instance”. I popped over there, and while there are def some interesting takes, it seems like a well moderated instance with extremely strict rules centered around leftism, and provides very focused content.

There does also seem to be a lot of pro-china content, which in and of itself is not a bad thing. China is an important country (they all are) that contributes a lot to the world through tech, agriculture, and industry. At the same time though, like every other major superpower, it commits atrocities at home and abroad.

My question to those familiar with/to the instance: what would lemmygrad.ml’s position on the tiananmen square massacre be? I’m too afraid to ask myself; I don’t want to get yelled at by any militant leftists right now hehe.

I feel this is a pretty good litmus test for how “extreme” an instance is, as denying/skewing historical events seems to be a pretty good extremism determinator.

Thoughts?

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[–] ChoppyPorkupines 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In general their stance on atrocities is that they are all Western misinformation (it didn't happen, and even if it did they deserved it).

How would you feel if you met a Holocaust denier? Or a Japanese nationalist who believes that their country was the victim in WW2? Or you somehow meet an English who expresses that same sentiment towards India? Now extend that same feeling of disgust to these people.

[–] muertinez 6 points 1 year ago

Any view on history/society that involves the word “deserved” is probably not for me lol. Thanks for the response.

As you guessed my bullshit meter was tingling which made me make this post in the first place. Only did a surface level browsing but it seems to be the largest lefty instance on lemmy so far and it has the most active latestagecapitalism community, which is pretty harmless, so it gave me some pause.

Interesting that lemmy would allow such instances to exist while mastodon prohibits them. Still learning the fediverse so I appreciate it.