MeanwhileOnGrad
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Meanwhile On Grad
Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!
What is a Tankie?
Alternatively, a detailed blog post about Tankies.
(caution of biased source)
Basic Rules:
Sh.itjust.works Instance rules apply! If you are from other instances, please be mindful of the rules. — Basically, don't be a dick.
Hate-Speech — You should be familiar with this one already; practically all instances have the same rules on hate speech.
Apologia — (Using the Modern terminology for Apologia) No Defending, Denying, Justifying, Bolstering, or Differentiating authoritarian acts or endeavours, whether be a Pro-CCP viewpoint, Stalinism, Islamic Terrorism or any variation of Tankie Ideology.
Revisionism — No downplaying or denying atrocities past and present. Calling Tankies shills, foreign/federal agents, or bots also falls under this rule. Extremists exist. They are real. Do not call them shills or fake users as it handwaves their extremism.
Tankies can explain their views but may be criticised or attacked for them. Any slight infraction on the rules above will immediately earn a warning and possibly a ban.
Off-topic Discussion — Do not discuss unrelated topics to the point of derailing the thread. Stay focused on the direct content of the post as opposed to arguing.
You'll be warned if you're violating the instance and community rules. Continuing poor behaviour after being warned will result in a ban or removal of your comments. Bans typically only last 24 hours, but each subsequent infraction will double the amount. Depending on the content, the ban time may be increased. You may request an unban at any time.
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Oh? A wikipedia article about the Middle East; they won't be biased! Have a look over on Wikipedia Arabic, where you have Wikipedia arguing that slavery is actually good and women like wearing burqas and anyone who draws the prophet Muhammed is actually deserving of death.
But, legitimately, Wikipedia is awful for anything vaguely related to politics. See, there was a big coup in 2019 where long-time users and founders were thrown out of Wikipedia because they insisted that Wikipedia should remain entirely neutral and decentralised. They thought the administration shouldn't be comprised mainly of hedge fund managers.
So they were thrown out. And Wikipedia adopted a philosophy of 'equalising history,' where certain parts of history will not be featured on Wikipedia to ensure equity. Corporations and funds will decide what is fiction and what is fact. If you use Wikipedia for your history, especially political history, you're consuming propaganda, as seen by your article mainly sourcing Al Jazeera
Don't use Wikipedia for anything political. It's for plants and mountains.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
No trolling.
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