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Update from Lemmy after the Reddit blackout (From the Lemmy Developer) (join-lemmy.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/lemmyworld
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Good read, gives me a lot of hope for this project.

I look forward to an exciting future with all of you.

(Also- hopefully this wasn't posted already)

https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-06-17_-_Update_from_Lemmy_after_the_Reddit_blackout

This was written by the Lemmy devs.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They specifically address this in the article and say it isn't true.

On another topic, there are rumors circulating that we are fascists or supported genocide. These claims are completely false, and like most viral twitter threads, are coming from a single Mastodon user on a personal vendetta who didn’t provide any sources. Such slander doesn’t deserve any response and is best left ignored.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Here is Dessalines denying that any genocide is taking place: https://lemmy.ml/comment/471382

They can say "we don't support genocide" all day long, but denying that any genocide is taking place and actively trying to persuade others that no genocide is happening isn't any better.

I argue that it unintentionally supports a genocide since they're using a platform to (inadvertently) hide the genocide from the public by convincing others that nothing of the sort is happening.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I for one do definitely believe that there is a genocide happening and I'm appalled that we can't do more about it. But people trust in different sources of information. Not believing that a genocide is happening is not the same as actually endorsing genocide.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Refutation of a baseless claim from a geopolitical rival, is not the same as denial.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

True. But Dessalines literally says that he agrees with people who disagree that a genocide is taking place. That is a denial. We can shuffle syntax around all day long.

[–] yokonzo 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Link is down

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Weird, I just went to it and it seems to work. I'll SS it and post it in my comment for ease.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

The other user did not appear to come back with a screenshot so I took one.

It's basically bog standard tankie perspective. Condemn wrongdoing while denying that wrongdoing is taking place, then flip the script with a whataboutism.