Context: https://lemmy.world/comment/14224519
I was just browsing some comments and came across this... exchange. In addition to "WTF is wrong with you" I also reported the comment for something like, 'this person is using the plain definition of genocide to discredit the idea of genocide. this person is clearly some kind of bigot/troll, or a deeply ignorant and unserious person. please keep a close eye on this person.' I think that's the reason why another mod responded with the genocide articles. All this before I realized they were a mod. Incidentally, this flyingsquid character is still sealioning that nobody answered them and that "the genocide is, as I said, not all that horrific." At least they put the words in their own mouth this time (downgraded from "you must not think it's all that horrific" -what the fuck!?).
When I checked my inbox this morning I found they had responded, but this time I noticed their name, and the M next to it.
So I ask you, in this context (or any, really), is "...good god, you're a mod here?" uncivil? I think the moderator is silencing legitimate criticism. I think it was the moderator being uncivil throughout. I think this flyingsquid character is a Power Tripping Bastard.
I mean, that sounds reasonable when you put it like that. I guess I'm just coming at it from like, "better to prevent a valid action that wasn't genocide through overvigilance, than passively allow what might be genocide through neglect" or like, better to make the error of commission than omission. It's not like i actually have a hand in it either way I'm just keyboard warrioring from lack of actual influence on the world. I'm bound to make ignorant mistakes sooner or later, if that's what this was.
Understandable, it's a complicated topic. Complicated enough that tbh I didn't have any business having opinions on it that strong lol, I might have the situation wrong and the "proud russians" there might not actually want to be a part of Russia and are horribly mistreated. It was kinda silly of me getting this invested in an argument based on an article I can't read more than a paragraph of, I hope I haven't wasted too much of your time or anything ๐