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[–] stoly@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

oh God I got banned from subs in lemmy.ml for saying this. It really made people angry.

there is a huge portion of the population who think like toddlers and just say "NO!", cross their arms, and fall to the floor.

[–] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yep. Actively arguing with them now on another thread.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

there are sensitive people in lemmy.ml who sort by new comment and hit the F5 button every 5 seconds. they have no life and are waiting to pounce. pretty much substitute "communist" with "Facebook Evangelical" and it's the same thing.

[–] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yep. Had a few accounts there before I knew what it was. One got banned for suggesting that responding to everting with memes is juvenile.

Deleted all of them and moved elsewhere.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I joined there because it was the devs' instance. Had no idea what "ML" meant. I lasted only a couple months before it was explained to me that I'm actually a horrible racist for supporting Ukraine because, trust me, Russia is totally an Asian country and so if you don't support Russia, you're racist against Asians. That was when I woke up and realized that we were dealing with people no different than Sovereign Citizens. They've figured out their special words and magic phrases in just the same way,

Worse: I'm actually very sympathetic to the concept of socialism in general and communism. But these people would rather be right at all costs than swell their numbers.