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[–] Blaze@lazysoci.al 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Are you going to tell every single instance federated with hexbear that they should defederate with hexbear?

You were the first one using the "instances which are federated with hexbear are suspicious" argument in this comment

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yes.

Shouldn't everyone defederate from hilariouschaos? Shouldn't everyone defederate from Hexbear? Shouldn't everyone defederate with lemmygrad? These are all extremist instances that don't care for discussion or the fediverse.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Don't bother. Blaze is an energy vampire who thinks being called names is admin abuse, but admins banning people for disagreeing with tankies is a-okay.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

i like blaze because he totally owns it with that sonic avatar

takes guts. though he is oddly lenient when it comes to mod abuse from tankies lol

[–] Blaze@lazysoci.al 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Show me mod abuse from tankies I've been lenient with

And if you're going to say dbzer0 admins are tankies, here's a 468 comment threads where db0 criticize tankies, which then argue in the comments: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/48132283?scrollToComments=true

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh please, every single time they post disengage and don't actually push back against their views or extremism. They don't actually counter anything the Tankies say.

The only time they actually argue without spamming 'disengage' is when they discuss ableism.

And also, this thread backs up my claim that Hexbear should be defederated entirely

[–] Blaze@lazysoci.al 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They don’t actually counter anything the Tankies say.

Did we read the same thread ?

[–] hatorade@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Goat didn't read it, so no you're reading a different thread.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago

I did read it lol

that's why i commented that they just spam disengage instead of tackling tankie viewpoints

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago

you misunderstand. I'm specifically asking for examples of dbzer0 tackling Tankie views and talking points, not whether or not they're trolls

[–] hatorade@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Too bad Goat ignored the link proving them wrong, that was a close one.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

I didn't, I directly referenced it

[–] hatorade@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Weird how they can't answer this but Pug called you the time vampire. Despite never answering your questions honestly. Shocked you're not banned yet for asking questions.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

I did answer?

Questioning also doesn't get you banned in this community, unlike so many others

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago

Weird how they can’t answer this but Pug called you the time vampire. Despite never answering your questions honestly. Shocked you’re not banned yet for asking questions.

When did Blaze ask me any questions in this thread?

Lord.