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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[โ€“] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There can absolutely be a difference between a facts based civics test and the intentionally vague bullshit of the Jim Crow era.

Just because a process was used as a cover for systemic discrimination in the past doesn't mean the process is invalid.

We require it for gaining citizenship after all. I've taken the test myself and it's pretty basic 8th grade level stuff about how the government is supposed to function.

I don't think it's inherently wrong to insure that the people participating in the process actually know how the process works.

[โ€“] Bahnd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Disagree, any barriers to participation can (and historiclly will) be abused by those in power. I understand the desire for a minimum level of expectation of society, but unless those expectations are set in stone, they will be moved to disadvantage someone. It would be nice for people to behave and be informed, the world does not work that way...