Lemmy.world Hexbear Statement - Lemmy.world
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Yesterday, we received information about the planned federation by Hexbear. The announcement thread can be found here: https://www.hexbear.net/post/280770 [https://www.hexbear.net/post/280770]. After reviewing the thread and the comments, it became evident that allowing Hexbear to federate would violate our rules. Our code of conduct and server rules can be found here [https://lemmy.world/legal]. The announcement included several concerning statements, as highlighted below: - “Please try to keep the dirtbag lib-dunking to hexbear itself. Do not follow the Chapo Rules of Posting, instead try to engage utilizing informed rhetoric with sources to dismantle western propaganda. Posting the western atrocity propaganda and pig poop balls is hilarious but will pretty quickly get you banned and if enough of us do it defederated.” - “The West’s role in the world, through organizations such as NATO, the IMF, and the World Bank - among many others - are deeply harmful to the billions of people living both inside and outside of their imperial core.” - “These organizations constitute the modern imperial order, with the United States at its heart - we are not fooled by the term “rules-based international order.” It is in the Left’s interest for these organizations to be demolished. When and how this will occur, and what precisely comes after, is the cause of great debate and discussion on this site, but it is necessary for a better world.” The rhetoric and goal of Hexbar are clear based on their announcement: to “dismantle western propaganda” and "demolish organizations such as NATO” shows that Hexbar has no intention of "respecting the rules of the community instance in which they are posting/commenting.” It’s to push their beliefs and ideology. In addition, several comments from a Hexbear admin, demonstrate that instance rules will not be respected. Here are some examples: >“I can assure you there will be no lemmygrad brigades, that energy would be better funneled into the current war against liberalism on the wider fediverse.” >“All loyal, honest, active and upright Communists must unite to oppose the liberal tendencies shown by certain people among us, and set them on the right path. This is one of the tasks on our ideological front.” - https://lemmy.world/comment/121850 [https://lemmy.world/comment/121850] - https://lemmy.world/comment/1487168 [https://lemmy.world/comment/1487168] - https://lemmy.world/comment/1476084 [https://lemmy.world/comment/1476084] - https://lemmy.world/comment/171595 [https://lemmy.world/comment/171595] - https://www.hexbear.net/comment/3648500 [https://www.hexbear.net/comment/3648500] Overall community comments: - https://www.hexbear.net/comment/3526128 [https://www.hexbear.net/comment/3526128] - https://www.hexbear.net/comment/3526086 [https://www.hexbear.net/comment/3526086] - https://www.hexbear.net/comment/3652828 [https://www.hexbear.net/comment/3652828] To clarify, for those who have inquired about why Hexbear versus Lemmygrad, it should be noted that we are currently exploring the possibility of defederating from Lemmygrad as well based on similar comments Hexbear has made. - https://lemmygrad.ml/post/158656 [https://lemmygrad.ml/post/158656] - https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/882559 [https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/882559] - https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/540170 [https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/540170] - https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/446529 [https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/446529] Defederation should only be considered as a last resort. However, based on their comments and behavior, no positive outcomes can be expected. We made the decision to preemptively defederate from Hexbear for these reasons. While we understand that not everyone may agree with our decision, we believe it is important to prioritize the best interests of our community.

The rhetoric and goal of Hexbar are clear based on their announcement: to “dismantle western propaganda” and "demolish organizations such as NATO” shows that Hexbar has no intention of "respecting the rules of the community instance in which they are posting/commenting.” It’s to push their beliefs and ideology.

lol. lmao even

  • take_five_seconds [he/him, any]
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    1 year ago

    post the quote nerd

    edit: sorry couldn't find it then i scrolled down half a page and someone else posted it so i might as well be another nerd that posts it

    During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. If the churches in the USSR were empty, this demonstrated that religion was suppressed; but if the churches were full, this meant the people were rejecting the regime's atheistic ideology. If the workers went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of their alienation from the collectivist system; if they didn't go on strike, this was because they were intimidated and lacked freedom. A scarcity of consumer goods demonstrated the failure of the economic system; an improvement in consumer supplies meant only that the leaders were attempting to placate a restive population and so maintain a firmer hold over them.

    If communists in the United States played an important role struggling for the rights of workers, the poor, African-Americans, women, and others, this was only their guileful way of gathering support among disfranchised groups and gaining power for themselves. How one gained power by fighting for the rights of powerless groups was never explained. What we are dealing with is a nonfalsifiable orthodoxy, so assiduously marketed by the ruling interests that it affected people across the entire political spectrum.