My favorite part is where they continue to argue with my banned ass, knowing full well I can’t respond. The only way to win for them, I suppose.

Edit: Looks like there was some confusion regarding cross-posting in the original link so I’ll just put the Modlog link here that displays the removed comment and ban, with the thread itself linked here. I’d rather add than change for the sake of the post’s integrity and preventing confusion.

  • Wren@lemmy.today
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    There’s nothing “tankie” about disagreeing on the definition of a word with a lot of definitions. Maybe wait for the argument before arguing against it?

    I bookmarked that article, thanks. Although, I found no mention of the word “genocide,” I like Reuters.

    This is why I don’t like Al-Jazeera

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      There’s everything tankie about an .ml denying the genocide of the Uyghur. And no, I’m not going to platform them and give them a chance to say their shit. Like I said they have 3 whole comms to do that in, they can go do it there.

      I’m gonna be real with you, I’m not even going to look at a MBFC link. It’s a Zionist shitrag and I don’t value their rating on anything as it’s been shown to be biased time and time again.

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        Denying obvious bullshit is normal and good, doing state department volunteer work is weird and bad

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          doing state department volunteer work is weird and bad

          Like being the P.R. department for China?

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              Are you incapable of replying without abusing people?

              You’re a hypocrite, you are happy to act as a mouth piece for China but criticise others for spreading state talking point.

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                “Abusing” lol not what that word means, and lol @ “state talking points” from the people volunteering their time to spread US atrocity propaganda. This shit is an extremely simple litmus test for anti-imperialism and you are not passing.

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        So…

        ML was a reason for banning them, but you only ban for authoritarian apologia and not because someone is from ML. Now you’re saying they’re a “tankie” because they denied the genocide, even though the facr of a Uyghur genocide is a contested topic regardless of political leanings.

        That’s some round as hell looking logic. I don’t think there was/is a genocide either and I have huge problems with the governments of China, Russia and DPK, including the treatment of the Uyghurs. We don’t have to agree on terms ro agree some serious shit went down.

        Mediabias is quoted in published scientific journals and their fact checks are done by independent reviewers from the International Fact Checking Network.

        But I can’t argue with someone who throws a label on everything they disagree with so they don’t ever have to consider nuance.

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        Al Jazeera is state media. It should be looked at with similar skepticism as BBC or RT. They’re probably one of the best news outlets in the world despite that fact, and I’ll forever be in their debt because of their journalists’ work and sacrifice to bring the truth of the genocide in Gaza to light. But that doesn’t absolve them of ever having bias, no more than the Soviet Union is absolved of any sin because they defeated Nazi Germany.