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Apparently "nationalism is bad" is an uncivil take. Unless there's another reason someone would ban this comment... 🤔

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 23 hours ago
  1. Be civil and nice.

This is the specific rule as it is written in the sidebar.

Which is funny, because if you go back through my comments in that same thread, I had far more uncivil and mean comments elsewhere. But the one that got removed and banned is the one that speaks to lived experiences with Chinese (and American) nationalism in a fair and reasoned way? I was unsurprised when I discovered I had a ban. I was grinning like an idiot when I saw what post did it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

They don't like u and want u banned but can't find an actual rule violation.