A few of our users have recently pointed out that a lot of the pro-Zionist accounts on the fediverse nowadays seem to come from the feddit.org instance.

But whatever the excuse happens to be, they need to do better imo. Israel is currently the most violent, fascist and genocidal nation state in the Middle East (if you exclude the US military bases there). And yet feddit.org seems to regard the Palestinians fighting against Israel’s ongoing illegal occupation of their land as the real terrorists. ....

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Our instance already voted to ban pro-Zionist accounts (see https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/60585441 for reference) and the rule that was implemented is here: Golden Rule #8.

As further context, you can find relevant comments and discussion in this post by a banned feddit admin in MoG (that fact they chose to post in MoG is in itself quite telling), and this post about their defederation from quokk.au over anti-semitism allegations has recently become active again. ...

Note 2: If you think feddit.org deserves a full instance ban instead, or have alternative suggestions, then please leave your comments below. If enough people think that’s the better option, then we’ll do that instead.

In the end the Post had around 70% of support by dbzer0 users, who in the comments also called for defederation.

Here is a Link to Dbzer0 instances tab https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/instances where if you go to blocked instances you can see fedddit.org is now defederated

i dont think feddit has made a post now, but when they do i will add it

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago

Very cool of dbzer0.

[–] BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Such an excellent thread for filling out my block list

[–] FranklyIGiveADarn@lemmy.ml 2 points 50 minutes ago

You put the L in Liberal.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org -4 points 46 minutes ago* (last edited 5 minutes ago) (4 children)

Notice how the ragebait, communication destroying comments and got'chas are coming from a handful of users in this thread (Cowbee, Riverside, etc.) Ask yourself why they would want to separate the left and who benefits from that.

Edit: ah and like clockwork, the "I now want to communicate reasonably" spiel. Not falling for that one.

Wow seems like all the bad actors got caught by this.

Notice how the criticisms are based on a fundamental lie: that feddit.org is a zionist instance. Without that lie all of the agitators "arguments" crumble to the sad leftist-dividing dust that they are.

[–] LeninWeave@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 minutes ago* (last edited 1 minute ago)

Notice how the criticisms are based on a fundamental lie: that feddit.org is a zionist instance. Without that lie all of the agitators “arguments” crumble to the sad leftist-dividing dust that they are.

"They're not zionist, they just defend Israel's right to exist."

They are zionists and so are you. You're also a dishonest coward who replies to people through edits and hopes they don't notice. Death to "Israel" and death to the Federal Republic of Germany.

[–] thirdworldistWMD@lemmy.zip 3 points 12 minutes ago* (last edited 8 minutes ago)

Ask yourself why they would want to separate the left

Oh, i'm sorry, zionists are leftists now?

Zionism is a settler-colonial ideology which its goal is establishing the state of Israel on the Palestinian's occupied land.

“If I were an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country. Sure, God promised it to us, but what does that matter to them? [...] They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that?” — David Ben-Gurion

"You are being invited to help make history. It doesn’t involve Africa, but a piece of Asia Minor; not Englishmen but Jews… How, then, do I happen to turn to you since this is an out-of-the-way matter for you? How indeed? Because it is something colonial." — Theodore Herzl draft to Cecil Rhodes

Zionism (the belief that Israel has a right to exist) is fundamentally incompatible with leftism. Fighting with zionists isn't left-wing infighting, it's punching right.

and who benefits from that.

Leftists do. movements do not need zionist liberals muddying and diluting it until it's meaningless. "Leftists" who believe Israel has a right to exist are right-wing, and should be fought against with extreme scrutiny.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 40 minutes ago* (last edited 31 minutes ago) (1 children)

Can you elaborate on how I'm doing "ragebait" or posting "commubicatuon destroying comments and got'chas?" I oppose Zionism, I think that's fairly clear.

Response to your edit: I have always done my best to communicate reasonably. What I find happening frequently is when the rare person claims I am being dishonest or not genuine, upon confrontation they simply ignore what I have to say, or answer in a snide half-response like this one.

[–] LeninWeave@lemmy.ml 3 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)

You are literally the most reasonable communicator on the fediverse, lmao.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 26 minutes ago

Thanks! What's funny is I've seen these "edit responses" before, people don't expect to be questioned on statements they make about others by the people in question, I suppose.

[–] AmazingWizard@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 minutes ago

You're not a leftist.

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