does lemmy discriminate community against instances?
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I don't actively discriminate based on a poster's instance, but there are a half dozen or so instances where there is a very high likelihood that they lean one way or another on different topics. If a post that could be read two ways then their instance can be a pretty reliable indicator that looking at their posting history will confirm which way they lean.
In a couple of cases I just avoid the communities that are the hot button issues for that instance because other communities are worth reading and interacting with.
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Yes. They literally make memes about instances they despise and how they won't take anyone from those instances seriously.
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.world considers .ml tankie and .world is not a neuteal instsnce unless you never mention palestine. So it's a lot like reddit.
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Personally I don't notice it or care at all. People get way too bogged down in stuff like that. I'm here for funny and interesting shit, nothing else.
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The honest majority of users on any instance seem to get drowned by the noisiest few
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Not really. Most users on most platforms are just users. I give kudos to those instances that have unique names and < 10 users.
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During kamala shill op on here, I had accounts have a melt down because I was on mbin... Not really sure why. As if being non Lemmy explained why I didn't accept her appointment by DNC komisars
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Lemmy platform is a commie social media, most have commie takes. The reactionaries just stand out
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As I said, I don’t personally agree with it. That’s why it’s in quotes.
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This helps to know, thank you. Will probably migrate then as I’d like to not be associated with genocide.
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That’s completely valid. Thank you for sharing; like I said I’m still relatively new so hearing insight from more established users helps a lot. You’d think the natural association would be basic fucking human rights = common sense leftism but that is unfortunately not the case for established leftist governments at the minimum. (Spoken as someone who, to my knowledge, aligns leftist/anarchist)
We have to have each others’ backs because “allyship” is a finicky bitch.
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Somewhat. If a .ml user says something kinda sus you'll get "of course this tankie shit is from an .ml user," and the .ml users (and other tankies) hate .world and sjw for being "liberal nazis."
Hexbear and .grad users are almost universally annoying shitheads you want to avoid, they center their identities around being insufferable so it's funny they don't like when you say it, but it's true. Cue DVs from angry .ml and hexbear users, grad can't see me though since we're defederated, but they'll get me with their .ml alts lmao.
Db0 are mostly pirates and anarchists, they vary more but mostly cool. .ee seems cool, and then there's the germans and the Uks and stuff. Basically everyone but .ml, hex, grad, .world, and sjw just "are."
OH but beehaw is overly cautious about niceties, and blahaj will defend drag (the person), not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just the way they do business. Ok I think that about covers it.
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Yay, my somewhat randomly chosen people
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No, I understand that. I was just commenting on how weird it is that some people would take that position when there's no evidence that I can see that it's actually true. No worries, my friend!
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sdf users seem to pop up with lots of self made content. Which is really awesome.
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Do you think that Wikipedia is going to be unbiased on a country that has been the USA's enemy and under perpetual blockade and embargo for 70 years?
If I might suggest an alternative resource for any reader interested, Leslie Feinberg wrote a book which is free, called Rainbow Solidary : In Defense of Cuba. It is free to read as PDF here https://www.workers.org/wp-content/uploads/LavenderRed_Cubabook.pdf. It was hir last book before hir premature death. Zie was LGBT activist who also wrote Stone Butch Blues, Transgender Warriors and Trans Liberation : Beyond Pink and Blue.
It is a nuanced book, which covers the history of Cuba's LGBT community pre-colonization, under Spanish colonization, under US control after the Spanish-American War and the two dictatorships of the early to mid 20th century, moving into the communist regime into the 00s.
It covers the bad, machismo culture and the UMAP camps, slide back on rights at certain times, but it also quite clearly outlines the historical progress they made on LBGT rights, often ahead of the rest of the world. You say they were arresting trans people in the 80s-90s, when they were literally flying their doctors to East Germany to learn how to do state funded gender affirming surgery at that time.
It's a worthwhile read. Cuba is not and wasn't ever perfect, but the communist party and the LGBT community in dialectical relationship with one and another have shaped a course that is historically progressive and inspirational.
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Meh. There are so many instances that I don't really judge someone by what instance they're on; I judge someone based on what they do.
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historically
Right now Cuba has the most equal LGBT rights in the world.
