And we shouldn't allow this concept to go unchallenged here on Lemmy.
Commenting on an active post is not brigading
Posting a link to something is not brigading
Commenting on something you were linked to is not brigading
The only thing that might be brigading, but isn't because it isn't a real thing, is someone explicitly going, "Hey everyone, go here and harass this person"
It's all fine and good that we have some new rules to keep the peace with other instances but we must fight against 
A lot of people are proving otherwise with their first reply.
And frankly I don't want to try to lead all of these grown ass adults out of the brambles of Capitalist brain worms by the teeth starting from first principles every day in every single conversation. We'll spend the rest of our lives trying to teach adult children on what is for the most part the only place on the Anglophone internet where you can be an ML without being screamed at by very ignorant people.
I cannot emphasize enough that Hexbear is one of, if not the, only safe harbor for commies that's actually active and interesting.
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