All from in this thread in [email protected] about a chant at a British music festival where an artist said “death, death to the IDF”.

After other users were quoting that chant in the comments and had comments removed and banned, the hero of our story, @[email protected] (appearing as “acargitz”) pointed out that under international law, fighting an occupying force is legitimate. But apparently not under world news rules, as their removed comments and the many explanations from mods make clear in the thread.

Equally against the rules is the call for the eradication of an organisation or business, even without an explicit call to violence against individual members of the business.

In the same thread: user @[email protected] had comments removed for being anti-American “(again)”, though I couldn’t see the first time. It’s not even clear to me how the removed comments were anti-American.

Bonus points for the “DC Comics” removal reason. Though this seems to be incompetence, rather than malice.

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      Read again:

      Countries that get attacked are allowed to defend themselves. That has nothing to do with perpetuating a genocide, which Israel is doing in Gaza.

      It DOES have to do with being attacked by Iran.

      One is a legitimate defense, one is an illegal war of aggression. I really don’t think you can tell the difference.

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        Read again. Slowly:

        1. Israeli “defence” is a code sentence for aggression and genocide. Like “final solution” was previous nazis’ code sentence for genocide.

        2. Palestinians have right to defend themselves by killing (and making calls to kill) IDF aggressors. This is their right under international law.

        You therefore should remove any references to Israeli “right to defence”. Unless of course you are either:

        • genocide apologist or
        • too stupid to understand the above

        So, which one is it sweetie?