Motherfuckers created a rule about how pointing out that overpopulation myths are ecofascistic lobbying is actually "bad faith" somehow so now every post, no matter what it is about, full of "this is why billions must die" bullshit.

There's 500k subscribers btw.

      • rah@feddit.uk
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        6 months ago

        So you go around the web and comment on all the fascism you find? To what end?

    • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
      hexagon
      ·
      6 months ago

      "Why are you concerned with the normalization of the notion that some people being alive is just simply over the limits?"

      • rah@feddit.uk
        ·
        6 months ago

        normalization

        You're talking about Reddit, not the New York Times.

        • CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]
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          6 months ago

          You're talking about Reddit, not the New York Times.

          whats the difference

            • CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]
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              6 months ago

              were you surprised to discover that the new york crimes echoes the same ecofascist genocidal sentiments that we see on reddit

              they aren't anything new and have been around since at least the green revolution (in their modern iteration)

              • rah@feddit.uk
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                6 months ago

                were you surprised to discover that the new york crimes echoes the same ecofascist genocidal sentiments that we see on reddit

                No idea what you're rambling on about.

                • Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]
                  ·
                  6 months ago

                  I gotta ask, are you incapable of reading or are you unwilling to read? Because DivineChaos100 responded to you with two links to NYT articles about this issue, in this comment, which was posted before CarmineCatboy2 asked you to comment on those NYT articles. And yet, you're here acting as though this didn't happen. But I can read and I understand what time stamps are, so I know that you have been shown evidence that the NYT believes similar things to the r/Collapse subreddit before this comment where you pretend such a thing never happened.

                  So I'll repeat CarmineCatboy2's question to you, and maybe you'll answer it this time: Were you surprised to discover that the new york crimes echoes the same ecofascist genocidal sentiments that we see on reddit?

                  • rah@feddit.uk
                    ·
                    6 months ago

                    I gotta ask, are you incapable of reading or are you unwilling to read?

                    You've missed an option here which is the option I noted: I didn't understand CarmineCatboy2's question.

                    which was posted before CarmineCatboy2 asked you to comment on those NYT articles

                    CarmineCatboy2 didn't ask me to comment on those NYT articles, they mentioned "new york crimes" which only now that I've read your comment do I realise is a play on the name "New York Times".

                    you're here acting as though this didn't happen

                    I'm not acting. I didn't understand what CarmineCatboy2 was going on about and I said as much. If I might be so bold as to offer some unsolicited advice: maybe in future just assume that when someone says they don't understand what another is saying, they're doing so because they don't understand what the other is saying.

                    Were you surprised to discover that the new york crimes echoes the same ecofascist genocidal sentiments that we see on reddit?

                    I'll rephrase this question in order to favour clear communication:

                    Were you surprised to discover that the New York Times echoed the same ecofascist genocidal sentiments that we see on Reddit?

                    I made no such discovery, I didn't look at the New York Times articles that were linked to. Had I discovered that, I would not be surprised.

                    • CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]
                      ·
                      6 months ago

                      I didn't look at the New York Times articles that were linked to.

                      sounds like you have a tendency to resist leaving your ideological tribal traps

                      • rah@feddit.uk
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                        6 months ago

                        LOL not sure what tribal ideological traps you think the New York Times would have the weight to cause me to leave

                        • CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]
                          ·
                          6 months ago

                          i don't know, you tell me why you refuse to read links to ecofascism in the mainstream media. after all, you're the person who thinks there's nothing to be concerned about.

                          • rah@feddit.uk
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                            6 months ago

                            you tell me why you refuse to read links to ecofascism in the mainstream media

                            I haven't refused as nobody has asked me to read the linked-to articles. They've only expected me to.

                    • Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]
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                      6 months ago

                      I admit it never even so much as crossed my mind that someone on the internet (and specifically commenting all over this thread) might not understand that the phrase "new york crimes" refers to the NYT. So one point to you I suppose.

                      This probably also explains why you're confused in the subthread where someone told you this isn't the first time recently you've defended reddit-logo You probably think they're actually talking about the website actually called Stormfront. They're not. They're talking about reddit, which you did, in fact, defend not 20 hours ago.

                      • rah@feddit.uk
                        ·
                        6 months ago

                        They're talking about reddit, which you did, in fact, defend not 20 hours ago.

                        I disagree. I wasn't defending Reddit, I was questioning the rationality of a Lemmy poster. There's a difference.

        • LesbianLiberty [she/her]
          ·
          6 months ago

          Reddit communities with 500k subscribers, for better or for worse, can influence culture at large. Making a post to begin a discussion on the potential dangers of such a large community's moderation policies is not an unworthy endeavor.

          • rah@feddit.uk
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            6 months ago

            Making a post to begin a discussion on the potential dangers of such a large community's moderation policies is not an unworthy endeavor.

            This doesn't seem like such a post. Firstly, it doesn't seem to me like beginning a discussion on a Reddit community's moderation policies here has any worth. It might have worth if the discussion was begun in the Reddit community itself but I can't see any worth beginning a discussion here.

            Secondly, this post doesn't seem like an effort to begin an earnest discussion about potential dangers of moderation policies at all, it seems more like a mindless "ZOMG1!!!!1 LOOK AT THE FASCISTS ON REDDIT!!! WERE AMAZING AND THEIR STOOPID!!!"

            • CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]
              ·
              6 months ago

              "ZOMG1!!!!1 LOOK AT THE FASCISTS ON REDDIT!!! WERE AMAZING AND THEIR STOOPID!!!"

              are you... personally invested in this?

            • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
              ·
              6 months ago

              lol,this isn't even the first time you've defended reddit-logo on here, shut up nerd

              • rah@feddit.uk
                ·
                6 months ago

                this isn't even the first time you've defended reddit-logo on here

                Firstly, I'm not defending anyone. Secondly, I've no idea what you're referring to.

                • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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                  edit-2
                  6 months ago

                  I saw very little misogyny or rape apology. I see lots of hate towards the particular woman who lied but only one or two posts with misogyny out of hundreds and none with rape apology.

                  Can you provide any links to the "rampant" comments which are misogyny or rape apology? As is, your post seems completely deranged.

                  You don't remember posting this 19 hours ago, apparently.

                  • rah@feddit.uk
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                    6 months ago

                    You don't remember posting this 19 hours ago, apparently.

                    LOL of course I remember posting that. There's just no connection between your comment and mine, that I can tell.

            • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
              hexagon
              ·
              6 months ago

              It has been brought up multiple times there but it's banned outright as it's being "bad faith".

              • rah@feddit.uk
                ·
                6 months ago

                I'm not suggesting doing that, I'm just contrasting the difference in value of discussions in the different fora.

            • amphibian [she/her]
              ·
              6 months ago

              holy shit you are certainly one... spectacle of a human being

        • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
          hexagon
          ·
          6 months ago

          https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/us/the-unrealized-horrors-of-population-explosion.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/15/sunday-review/overpopulated-and-underfed-countries-near-a-breaking-point.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/18/opinion/human-population-global-growth.html

          And also we're talking about a sub with half a million people.

          • rah@feddit.uk
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            6 months ago

            half a million people

            In a subreddit. You consider half a million subscribers to a subreddit to be worthy of concern?

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
      ·
      6 months ago

      Why are you concerning yourself with this?

      Goes on to make 30 comments in the thread

    • CyborgMarx [any, any]
      ·
      6 months ago

      Why are you concerned others are concerned? You like the idea of fascists hyping each other up in a 500k subscriber echochamber, is that your thing?

      • rah@feddit.uk
        ·
        6 months ago

        Why are you concerned others are concerned?

        I would say I was curious, not concerned.

        You like the idea of fascists hyping each other up in a 500k subscriber echochamber, is that your thing?

        No. I'd love it if people were reasonable and rational and didn't fall into tribal ideological traps like fascism or communism or religion but that's not the world we live in.

        • CyborgMarx [any, any]
          ·
          6 months ago

          lmao "tribal ideological traps" jagoff

          Here's a simple question smart guy, define fascism and communism and don't be shy, clearly you're an authority on such matters

              • Infamousblt [any]
                ·
                6 months ago

                You clearly also don't know what communist or fascist mean either. Makes me curious if you know what any words mean

                • rah@feddit.uk
                  ·
                  6 months ago

                  Indeed, a fascinating conundrum. Is it possible for humans to communicate?

                  • Infamousblt [any]
                    ·
                    6 months ago

                    It's possible for the rest of us, but I'm not sure you understand how it works

                    • rah@feddit.uk
                      ·
                      6 months ago

                      It's possible for the rest of us

                      I'm curious to know how you determined that?

                      • Infamousblt [any]
                        ·
                        6 months ago

                        I'm curious to know how you can't figure out how I determined that?

                        • rah@feddit.uk
                          ·
                          6 months ago

                          Why would you expect me to have figured out how you determined that?

                          • Infamousblt [any]
                            ·
                            6 months ago

                            I'm curious why you are surprised that I would expect you to understand how I determined that?

                            • rah@feddit.uk
                              ·
                              6 months ago

                              You're not making sense. What you've asked implies an expectation on your part. No surprise is involved.

                              • Infamousblt [any]
                                ·
                                6 months ago

                                I'm curious why I'm not making sense? Perhaps it's because you don't understand words?

        • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
          ·
          6 months ago

          Everyone, look, it's the world's most enlightened person who's figured it all out! Whoa, such wisdom.

        • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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          edit-2
          6 months ago

          Do you believe overpopulation is a major contributor to climate change?

          Edit: lol no answer 4 hours later I know you read this coward