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ziq wrote (edited )

Reply to comment by An_Old_Big_Tree in by !deleted8205

Is that username really any worse than this one?

/u/BernieSanders

or this one

/u/lenin_1917

or this one

/u/josefStallman (a combo of joe stalin and richard stallman)

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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote

Because national anarchists are fash, and historically that's where we've drawn the line.

Perhaps I'm not realising something?

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ziq wrote (edited )

I'm not convinced they know what a national 'anarchist' is. I think they're using the term jokingly the way anarchists use 'anarcho-monarchist'.

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GrimWillow wrote

It's not as obvious a joke as "anarcho-monarchism" because people could find the mixture more palatable to their uninformed views of both Anarchism and nationalism

Also just banned u/TrumpPence2020 for their username.

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ziq wrote

how do reactionaries care so much about this site, I don't get it. We don't go to voat to hang out with them

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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote

Pretty sure we allow liberal usernames around here, why the ban?

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GrimWillow wrote

It was 10 minutes after they made it, and I see a promotion of "Trump/Pence" as a promotion of right wing politics. In the context of the thread, I figured it might be a good case for an inappropriate name.

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ziq wrote (edited )

They're crowing about that ban over on notabug.

https://notabug.io/t/raddle

Can only assume getting banned gives them some kind of a high.

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GrimWillow wrote (edited )

It says they only ban fascists.

trumpism is fascism.

I knew this would stir up those clowns. And what they describe is "non-commie" names get banned, lol. Yep, that's why I banned it, because it's "non-commie", nothing to do with trumpism support right in the username. I guess banning pro hitler names would create the same "OMG THEY HATE NON-COMMIES BECAUSE THEY HATE HITLER".

They should get over it. The loss of an account named "TrumpPence2020" after 10 minutes of creation isn't the end of this person's life, especially since they can just make a new account. What a horrible fate! Evil admin!!

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ziq wrote

My only concern is it prob encourages them to keep testing you.

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GrimWillow wrote

They've been ramping up whether we do this stuff or not. We've been banning usernames for a while.

Sure, it's a trump supporter rather than a pro neo-nazi username, but fuck trump, and fuck anyone that would want that name...

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magpie_0 wrote

dam I thought this was a freer version of Reddit, I don't agree with trump though I don't see the point in banning people over supporting him.

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GrimWillow wrote (edited )

It's not like I IP banned them, they can easily just make a new account. Shutting down a 10 minute old account with 0 activity is more like saying "uhh, no, choose a different name" than "banning" really...

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ziq wrote (edited )

He does support Bernie Sanders, he's a liberal. It's not a joke at all.

Sanders has used his position in the US gov to support both Israeli and Saudi imperialism/genocide, including voting to support the 2014 bombing of the Gaza Strip that killed countless women and children.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/07/24/why-did-bernie-sanders-get-gaza-so-wrong/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/3z54vz/why_did_bernie_sanders_vote_to_support_israel/

also the person this whole thread is about actually claims their username is in jest (unlike u/berniesanders). I think it's a shitty joke and they should change the name, but haven't seen any indication they're actually a nationalist.

Edit: /u/JosefStallman the founder of f/freeasinfreedom was a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist. Mao was directly responsible for millions of deaths more than once.

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