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Daily reminder that ALL atrocities are bad. Yes, even of your favorite polity
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this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2026
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Yeah, the trick then becomes, "At what percentage, with how many anecdotes, do I consider a community/instance Bad Faith Central?"
Like I said, getting 20+ downvotes and 0 upvotes followed by a ban for my "Huh, I never realized the potential racism connection between Winnie The Pooh -> yellow -> Asian before this conversation, but I still disagree that anyone who criticizes Xi Jinping or the CCP is racist" comments was a large red (heh) flag in my face that made me instantly block the community, but the other one (+6/-6 comment removed for "Electoralism" for saying attacking Kamala Harris for supporting the DSA is silly party purity cannibalism) is a tougher call.
There's also the issue of insulating myself from differing viewpoints essentially creating my own echo chamber. As you indicated, for me Lemmy isn't just Fun, it's also a way for me to interact with and learn from different people around the world. I hadn't met someone IRL who had anything positive to say about the CCP until I was well into being a grown man, for example. I do value hearing from those people because there is bound to be some truth to what they say, and it helps me grow as a person and think about my own government more critically.
But you're right in that critical thinking is not necessarily Fun, and can be exhausting or even a waste of time in scenarios like I mentioned where by the 5th reply it was no longer about realizing that some people might be using Xinnie the Pooh to further racism but suddenly a tankie circle-jerk where I'm being dogpiled and accused of being a racist because I didn't realize that previously, with a bit of Uighur Genocide denial as a cherry on top. I'd link the thread for the curious who want to read what was actually said, but given your own comments are deleted on Lemmy when a moderator deletes them, I can't find it any more.
Yes... at what point do you stop blocking the single posters, but block the community instead? And at what point do you stop blocking the communities, and block the whole instance? We all draw those lines differently, but it is definitely not easy, when you also want to interact with the people thinking differently, but also in good faith. And how to spot those people, from the mass of bots, propagandists, trolls, and useful idiots... And not end up wasting that time, or unintentionally boosting their message.
Though, for me the last line absolutely is drawn in the genocide-denialism, as for example defending Chinas "assimilation", is just wording genocide to sound palatable. If the moderators of a community accept it, and other users upvote it, it goes into the "sitting at the table with nazis"-metaphora, for me. It really is very important, to hear other viewpoints, to avoid the echo chamber, but I also refuse to become a part of the crowd even just accepting the approval or defending of attrocities from the sidelines. Some people of course do find something worthwhile in reading, or even taking opposing part in even the worst discussions as well, but I just get unhinged and extremely angry, and that is not a good thing to expose yourself to all the time. Especially, when I seek the mentioned fun here, be it memes, or meaningful discussions (like this one), as I already get my dose of Awful, from following the news from multiple sources.