Until the rule is removed, any new posts about US politics will be removed.

  • oxjox@lemmy.ml
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    9 days ago

    upset you can’t talk about US politics everywhere in the platform

    I’m upset that a moderator believes that banning the discussion of a major national / international event is healthy for the community. I could understand that for a niche community like Music but not one of the most popular general purpose ones. There’s no reason this should be banned other than a personal preference. This informs me that the moderators of this community are not interested in an open platform for genuine discussion.

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      9 days ago

      I’m not from the US and my Lemmy feed has been absolutely FLOODED with US political news for MONTHS. Yesterday’s vote was the bushel that broke the camel’s back, and I definitely understand non-political communities not wanting to be even more flooded with US politics than they already are.

      Go complain about your broken country in politics-oriented communities, please, and let us talk about other, less despair-inducing subjects.

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        my Lemmy feed has been absolutely FLOODED with US political news for MONTHS

        Damn I’m so glad that propaganda flow that for some reason was even allowed in most of Lemmy will stop now.

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        9 days ago

        Remember your words when Netanyahu bombs Gaza and people want to ask the community about it.

        Just because YOU don’t want to hear about something doesn’t mean en entire community should BAN discussion of it. It’s absolutely bonkers that anyone can rationalize this position.

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          9 days ago

          That’s not US politics. And the rule is temporary; the goal is just to get a breather after a months-long marathon of hearing about nothing else on Lemmy.