Lead Lemmy Developer, Dessalines, denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre and praising the Uyghur Genocide

https://sh.itjust.works/post/8419342

Dessalines AKA “parentis_shotgun” on Reddit, is the main Lemmy dev, also the admin of lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml.

Their post and discussions on Reddit (archive as the original post must have been removed):

https://web.archive.org/web/20230626055233/https://old.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/cqgztr/fuck_the_white_supremacist_reddit_admins_want_me/

Please join the discussions for Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem:

https://lemmy.world/post/16211417

And the discussions for finding/creating alternative communities on other instances:

https://lemmy.world/post/16235541

What is a tankie?

Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support acts of repression by such regimes or their allies. More specifically, the term has been applied to those who express support for one-party Marxist–Leninist socialist republics, whether contemporary or historical.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

  • JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    That’s fine on ‘paper,’ but can you seriously not understand how it’s being shamelessly abused on the Tankie / ML front?

    • GarfGirl [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 months ago

      well i havent seen anyone even claiming its been used against them or pointing to their post being permanently removed from the modlogs unjustly, only people saying that maybe it could be used in this way, so no i dont think that the ML tankie front are using it that way. and since i know it has been used for its stated purpose to fully remove actual doxx information and child porn i dont see why it should be removed as a feature, at very least until there’s some evidence of it being used maliciously

      • JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee
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        7 months ago

        Well then, good for you.

        Meanwhile, there’s been a legion of solid users here pointing out across the FV that the ML has in fact been abusing its admin powers, or did you think that the whataboutism of CSA would somehow, magically erase that shizzle?

        If so, then shame on you.

        • GarfGirl [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          7 months ago

          I didnt say that lemmy.ml mods havent been overbearing with their moderation i said “i havent seen anyone even claiming its been used against them or pointing to their post being permanently removed from the modlogs unjustly”.

          if you want me to spell it out slowly i can:

          • lemmy.ml mods have abused admin powers at some points
          • it is possible that the lemmy.ml people could abuse this admin power
          • as far as im aware there is no evidence that anyone has misused this specific admin power
          • this specific admin power has been used to remove child porn and dox info
          • since this admin power has been used for good reasons and hasnt been used for bad reasons it shouldnt be removed as an admin power
          • JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee
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            7 months ago

            as far as im aware there is no evidence that anyone has misused this specific admin power

            In that case, then congrats for living in your own little delirium, apart from the many, many reports people have made reporting those specific abuses.