@geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml banned me from !ManufacturingConsent@lemmy.ml (permanently!) and removed my comment from the post, because I dared to note that there are protests in Iran and shared a link to a crimethinc article with voices from within Iran. They call it “imperialist propaganda” if leftist voices from within Iran are distributed.

My comment:

I get it that the western media narrative is incredibly one-sided, focused on ideological bogeymen and focused on getting the monarch back in power. But I’d like to point out that there is in fact quite massive repression going on against the protestors. Leftist orgs in Iran need international solidarity now.

Their “reasoning”:

reason: Ignoring the post to spam imperialist propaganda

I don’t think that person can be reasoned with if they call crimethinc imperialist propaganda, so I’m not getting my hopes up for them lifting the ban.

I also think that they might be a bit butthurt, because I called out their zionistic worldview (i.e.: that judaism equates zionism) a few days ago.

  • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    True, however this isn’t that instance. And ideally shouldn’t be like it regardless of how successful over all it is in reality. 🫤

    There are plenty there I have no good will for. And it’s pretty mutual so I’m okay with that. But there are a number of prominent ones on .world …and even here. I may be reflexively wary of posters from the .ml because of the way the instances being run selects for a type. But users aren’t their instance. It’s something I’ve gotta keep my head on straight with too. Let the individuals speak for themselves. Then form an opinion. Otherwise we end up like those we don’t like. And that does no one any good.