@[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] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Of course it is. Hyperbole is not news, and you posted it to .world’s c/news & c/world. You’re trolling. If it were my instance I would have given you a temp site ban.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month 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.

[–] Mellow12 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

In polite society it is a controversial statement to call another sovereign country a US state. If you if you don’t understand why then maybe you should look inward toward your biases, or maybe understand what it actually means to be a US state. Nice hot take though.