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Saying "Israel is like the 51st US state" is a bannable offense for "misinformation" on Lemmy.world (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/moderators
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@[email protected] is banning people on lemmy.world's largest communities for saying that Israel is like the 51st US state. He's declaring that this is "misinformation"

That Israel exists as a de-facto US state is a fairly non-controversial statement in Israel. But on lemmy.world's largest communities, where mods are working to distance certain US politicians from the war, it's now misinformation.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's still wrong. Israel isn't a US State or even a territory. They're a sovereign nation. It is a false statement.

And for the record, I think Puerto Rico is going to be the 51st state. Or possibly Guam.