I caught a mod at Late Stage Capitalism admitting they aren't from the US, so they deleted all my posts and banned me.

The late stage capitalism sub is a tankie shitstain on this server. I really don't understand why the admins let these idiots run wild here.

The funniest part is that I was banned for rule 6 which includes accusing another user of being a foreign propagandist, even though that is literally what one of the mods is doing.

Why is the mods location relevant? Are they actively trying to leave the impressiony that they are US based?

PTB anyway

Well this is silly. The mod of that comm certainly seems to enjoy getting in fights. So modlog says you are banned for Rule 6 which relates to calling someone Tankie, Russian Bot, etc.

Be civil in comments and no accusations of being a bot, ‘paid by Putin,’ Tankie, etc. This includes instance shaming.

I think implying they were lying about where they are living does sort of fall under that, but its a reach.

That said, they also didn't say they were not from US. Just that you wouldnt be able to see the point because you're from the US. Nonsense, and obviously logically inconsistent, but not an admission. They also might be an immigrant of some kind, their post history mentions travelling in Texas and other states, so they have by their own words at least been to the US.

I would say its a wash. Ban was a bit of a powertrip unless they revise their rule 6 to explicitly include implications of false identity, but also this is right at the top of the rules and jumping to they're a foreign propagandist is silly on a global platform.

That means any support for any liberal capitalist political party (like the Democrats) is strictly prohibited.

Why not just block the comm and move on? From what I've seen of your profile I can't imagine a sub with that rule is going to be a good time for you.

That said, they also didn't say they were not from US. Just that you wouldnt be able to see the point because you're from the US.

But they were also saying that they could see, implying they weren't. They also suddenly stopped replying to that chain of comments when I directly asked if they were from the US. They continued replying to other comments of mine though. It definitely set off alarm bells for me.

They post almost exclusively US centric political content focused on convincing people that both sides are the same and voting is pointless. IMO, that is malicious in its intent.

OP was all over that thread spreading lib nonsense and directly accusing OOP of being a foreigner trying to manipulate US politics (for an implied ulterior motive). Especially being on .world, it's a hard comm to keep clean, so the mods don't have much tolerance before banning libs

My god, the evil foreigners have opinions on our politics! Who gives a fuck where they're from. You got banned for being a nuisance.

You also forgot the first rule of a united front, it has to be explicitly anti-fascist. Democrats are not anti-fascist, anti-fascists do not support fascist states like Israel. A united front has hard red lines that cannot be crossed DESPITE its ideological hodgepodge. You are only part of the united front so long as you do not cross those lines.

I understand that setting off alarm bells, but if they were contemplating banning you for questioning their identity I don't think its that weird to disengage as well. I considered setting a "no accusations of being a bot or paid actor" myself at one point and I was considering it because everything after that point in a comment chain is invariably toxic and carries an implicit demand to dox yourself to regain trust.

I don't want to just creative writing their life, but I could see someone who had moved to the US later in life using that phrasing and not thinking anything of it, or someone who is from Canada and is heavily affected by what we do down here and also in proximity to witness it. Idk, just feel like you came on a bit strong on that one, I wouldn't ban you myself. The comms rules are pretty clear on what they are about, so I would block it in your shoes.

That's why it is against the rules 😉

Ah yeah, despite looking at comm and the profiles I still missed that 😅 Definitely a case where both the mods and the poster will be happier not interacting.

Pigs, shit, etc.

I know a lot of people disagree with my politics, but he literally told me that Democrats are Republicans and that fascism has no definition. I mean, come on! That's just denying objective reality.

Since you got instance banned from ml, I believe you.

PTB, tankies are always lurking in the shadows.

ydi. how is it relevant where someone lives (unless the comm is only for americans, which it isn't), except to imply that because they aren't american, they can't be trusted? the blight on lemmy world isn't the token socialists being critical of us politics, it's the democrats who can't accept totally legit criticisms of their party, and jump directly to mccarthyism, which helps prove the criticism is valid imo.

It's deeply entertaining how communists can't even run an online community without resorting to bans and mass censorship of thoughts they disagree with.

Gee... you "caught" somebody not living in the US?

That must have been quite the eye-opener for you.

So you got banned for peddling libshittery.

We could say the exact same thing about you, lib.

I would say it's at least odd for someone from another country to post exclusively about American politics.

Just that you wouldnt be able to see the point because you’re from the US.

Given the context it seems more like an argument contradicting OP's earlier point that some author lived through fascist Italy, saying that this does not imply credibility, deducing that from OP's supposed ignorance despite also living in a fascist state. I wouldn't call it a good argument, but it's not one that can't be made as someone in the US.

Never even noticed, so I guess I'm not missing much.

And yes, I’m a liberal. I think people should have freedom. I believe private ownership over the means of production - and virtually everything else - to be sacrosanct.

FTFY.

Do tell, liberal.. up until now, did you believe that the liberal socio-economic order's inability to exist without fascist violence to be purely an unfortunate coincidence?

Unfortunately, US politics has a huge impact on other countries. Just ask anyone from Iran, Venezuala, Haiti, Cuba, or Palestine, to name just a few recent examples.

Anyone who disagrees with me is a foreign agent sapping and impurifying our precious bodily fluids.

YES

I've been warning people about this dipshit loser and the Late Stage Capitalism sub, which he alone moderates, for the last few months.

Guy is a Grade-A loser who tries to dissuade people from voting and deletes comments and bans users who disagree with his shit opinions.

Do not feed this troll. Do not contribute to that sub.

The thing is OP is 100% right about this trashcan loser.

Can confirm. GodlessCommie is a piece of trash that bans anyone not supporting his narrative.

My problem with GodlessCommie isn't that he's not American. My problem is he is the sole mod of a relatively popular sub and tries to dissuade people from voting and bans anyone that doesn't support his narrative.

He's stupid, and dangerous.

Lol. Found one.

You must be a lot of fun at the parties you aren't invited to.

Just here to point out that OP is not the only person that has discovered how dangerously stupid GodlessCommie is. He runs a relatively popular sub and non-stop attempts to dissuade people from voting. Banning anyone that disagrees with him.

Question.

When was the last time you left a comment without the word "lib" in it?

You found what, liberal?

Oh, look... another lost liberal.

Shouldn't you be off trying to pretend that your fascist cousin isn't related to you or something?

Yep.

Guy spends all day, every day, trying to convince users on his sub that both parties are literally identical so there's no point in voting.

He's stupid and dangerous. Dangerously stupid, if you will.

Says the liberal trying to brigade an online leftist community instead of having a social life.

Don't fret, lib... I'm sure your invitation to... whatever it is you think you belong to just got lost in the mail, okay?

What the hell were you even doing in a comm called "Late Stage Capitalism," lib?

Did you all of a sudden just up and decide you don't like capitalism any more? That would be quite awkward for a liberal, methinks.

I suppose it could be a coincidence that they behave exactly the way a foreign propagandist attempting to manipulate politics to the detriment of the US would behave. I wouldn't bet on it though.

Today.

When's the last election you didn't vote for a war criminal?

I looked through their history, and not going to lie, it looked very one note, I don't think GodlessCommie is dangerously stupid though. I imagine some of their argumentativeness comes from running a popular comm on an instance where their views aren't common. OP has made another post on their own comm to continue this spat, I guess just not satisfied with this one? Idk, they seem to have been received well by a number of users here, but if this type of interaction is as common as it seems on that comm (based on number of comment removals in the last ~3 threads) I wouldn't expect them to be polite about it.

I'm a glorious fence sitter on this one, so feel free to skewer me from both sides. I voted for Kamala, have and will vote for Democrats, but that is clearly not enough. On the other hand, Dems at least superficially disagree on enough other issues that I think voting is worthwhile, so I'm not really going around posting memes about not voting. I think effort put into electing less evil < effort put into helping people in ways that make them less dependent on the face of the two party state, but also effort put into posting in a comm that says in their rules you shouldn't defend the dems there is worth even less than effort put into making people acknowledge the ways the Dems side with capital on issues that can't be compromised

That would be quite awkward for a liberal, methinks.

you fucks keep trying to redefine what a liberal is, and it's hilarious how incompetent you are at the attempts.

utterly sad way to spend your life, but it's your free time I guess.

that's not the problem, the problem is his distinct and repeated calls for people to not participate in the process - which is a great way to lose elections. do you want more trump? no?

THEN FUCKING VOTE

love all the fucking chuds 'downvoting' literal encouragement for people to vote lol, the irony is hilarious.

tankie? chud? dickhead?

all three!

I would vote if there was a single candidate on my ballot that didn't support genocide.

The tankie is the op though?

We're using tankie to mean utter and obvious asshole right?

Do not feed this troll.

^^^^^^