I used tankie in the specific meaning of the word.
Far left individuals who white-wash the crimes of states like USSR (Russia), China, support authoritarianism and oppose self-determination for countries who suffer from the yoke of russian genocidal imperialism.
In principle, this seems like a solid rule change.
However, considering that lemmy unfortunately has a large number of tankies, I could see how it could be abused lower the quality of discussion and spread tankie propaganda and genocide whitewashing.
Where does it say "Lemmy doesn't exist"? The admins of the site are well within their right to curate what service they include. I say this as someone who uses Lemmy a lot and really wants there to be a non-corporate, competition-focused alternative (instances, UIs) to reddit specifically and oligarch run social networks in general.
I don't understand how "censorship" plays into this (beyond shallow polemical grandstanding). Where is the censorship?
The lawsuit requested a jury trial and damages in excess of $75,000 (£60,100).
I wonder what the final damage figure was. As weird as this sounds, a more modest damage request would be notable. I am not saying Altman did or didn't rape her, but one can't deny the PR factor around this topic.
From my time living in the US, I got the impression that local oligarchs' personal beliefs are largely aligned with Trump (enabling corruption, oligarch capture of governance, avoiding responsibility for their actions).
However, one relatively unique thing that I noticed about US oligarchs is they tend to be very sensitive about PR and don't like to get their hands dirty (in context of their internal worldview).
They align with Trump in terms of goals, but some may not like his style and presentation.
I would even argue that some US oligarchs may even see Trump's approach as a "low probability, high impact" risk in that he may undermine faith in their rule.
Don't be dense. I said I don't care what language people use in private conversation (even if it happens to be outside or even in between people in a work environment).
I do have issues with promotion of russian culture and language. We have our our state language and our own heroes. No way should we promote imperialist symbols.
Care to address your whitewashing of russian genocidal imperialism and refusal to recognize their responsibility for putin?
What you're saying is that the people dealing with russian genocidal imperialism should should shut up and get killed and that we do not have the right to point out that russians should not be treated as innocent children and at a strong majority of their society are genuine supporters of genocidal imperialism.
I am not going to engage on russian language in Ukraine. I was pretty clear I have no issues with private use of russian langauge and you somehow come up with "speaking russian in public in Kharkiv" (as a response to me stating you are whitewashing russian crimes, no less). This is borderline russian propaganda.
When you have a 140 million strong country that is mostly populated by genocidal imperialists, you would be a fool to not recognize how their language and culture is used to enable their violent imperialist goals.
Why should I not demand recognition of their genocidal actions in Chechnya in the 90s? I don't believe they (alleged russian "liberals") are genuine about their statements on Ukraine, they just don't have any choice. I am giving you a chance to prove me wrong.
I don't watch NFKRZ. Show me a video/article where he (or anyone else with a platform) openly states that russian actions in Chechnya in the 90s were genocidal (comparable to killing 7 million russian civilians) and were wrong. Is this really too much to ask?
You are enabling and whitewashing russian genocidal imperialism (in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Chechnya, Syria and multiple African nations) by:
Refusing to treat russians like adults. You fail to recognize that they elected putin, they reelected him again after he shut down independent mass media. They supported the comical switcheroo with medvedev and supported making putin leader for life in 2012.
Ignoring near universal support among the russian population for genocidal imperialism in Chechnya, the invasion of Georgia, the annexation of Crimea and the full scale invasion of Ukraine and extermination of Ukrainian identity (with 10s of thousands of civilians in torture camps) in the occupied territories.
For you, they are always the victims, they are always innocent.
You come up with this discussion on "me denying them education" (what does this even mean?) and you can't even explain what you mean by the opportunity to educate?
Furthermore, you refuse to outline how this alleged "opportunity to educate" is going to work and why this is a viable approach.
What you're saying is that the people dealing with russian genocidal imperialism should should shut up and get killed and that we do not have the right to point out that russians should not be treated as innocent children and at a strong majority of their society are genuine supporters of genocidal imperialism.
You're interpretation of the language component of modern Ukraine aids russian genocidal imperialism. There is no issue with private use of russian language. I actually live here and I speak russian with my family and many of my friends (including folks from Kharkiv). Don't be coy with me.
I brought up the 1.2 million russian men who participated in the full scale invasion of Ukraine to show that your musings about russians being afraid of conscription in the late 90s is BS. You're making up excuses and whitewashing russian crimes. Helping them play the vicitm. It's always someone else's fault or there is some excuse.
Where did I say that there is something inherent (essential) about russians that makes them act this way? Why would I even say this? This would be another excuse. Russians have the full capability to build out a normal society and even pay for the wrongs of their genocidal imperialism. They choose not to. They are welcome to prove me wrong.
Pretty much every single Russian who’s not actively Z hates Russia right now, even if they can’t admit it to themselves.
You're either very naive or you're being malicious. Show me an example of a russian "who is not actively Z" (and not hated by 99.99% of the population) showing any measure of nuance on their genocide of the Chechens in the 90s. An appreciation that comparable civilian causalities would be 7 million russians dead would be great.
You can take that as an opportunity to educate, or you can increase the amount of prejudice in the world.
And what do you mean by an opportunity to educate? What is your expected outcome from this alleged "education" and when (specific date) to you expect to see a result? Or is this just a meaningless platitude?
Asking people to respect facts is not prejudice. Pointing out that you (and many others) are whitewashing and enabling russian crimes is not prejudice. Rejecting infantalization of russian society and treating them like adults who should take responsibility for their actions is not prejudice.
You're just making up more excuses and trying to justify their behaviour (albeit in what seems to be good faith). 1.2 millions russian men have directly taken part in the fullscale invasion of Ukraine and 75%+ were not conscripted. And you ignore this.
I will admit what you position as blanket judgment is not a good thing. But it's also not a good thing to infantilize a group of people and treat them like children. The russian "liberals" need to be treated based on their actions and it's up to them to make the right calls.
The issue isn't about putin acting like a Tsar. The issue is about a large majority enabling and supporting a tsar. Ignoring this is not doing anyone any favours.
I won't get into the discussion on russian (or any other) language in Ukraine. I am talking fighting against russian genocidal imperialism. This is a completely different topic (if you want to actually look at it from a real perspective). And yet you make a point to ignore it.
If you have a country/polity/group of people that keep making exclusively bad decisions, at every single historical point possible. It is reasonable to have a sober outlook while not "essentializaing" them. Let their choices and actions reflect who they are. It's all up to them.
It's a factual description. Far left supporters of russian/Chinese genocidal imperialism and authoritarianism.