My speculation as to why they would do such a horrible thing is because they know they can't hold the position and want to cause as much damage as possible before they leave. Why would they bomb civilian targets like apartment buildings?
I plan on actively posting to counter the constant barrage of tankie propaganda that is very clearly an issue here. Misinformation is a very real issue that we face in our society and unless we actually do something about it, it will only continue to get worse.
Enjoy my "shitposting" then. I won't be engaging with someone that refuses to actually address the points that I raise. Again, this is not a post stating "yesterday was the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre" so your claim this time that "if the world would start shit posting every day would be memorial day to remember atrocities committed by your own government on your own people, and there is plenty." makes no sense.
"You don’t need to say the literal words to mean something." - By criticizing the CCP I am not in any way implying that America is good. It's true that you CAN imply things without actually saying them, but it is disingenuous at best to assume that me criticizing the CCP is the same as me "actively contributing to the image of the US and its lapdogs as good guys". I am very much able to hold the belief that the CCP is in the wrong and that USA isn't perfect at the same time.
Nice job trying to justify the Tiananmen Square massacre. Now can you justify the detention of 32 people and the restriction of the square itself which took place yesterday?
It is my understanding that that has been the case for a long time, yes. But I also hope that with the large influx of new users that we will overshadow any bad actors attempting to spread misinformation.
I gave reputable sources for my information. Please enlighten my as to how spreading this news and reminding everyone of the very real Tiananmen Square massacre that occurred on June 4th, 1989 is misinformation.
Okay, let's go through this slowly and rationally.
First of all, this community is self described as being "News from around the world!" China is a part of the world and this is news from China. This is news from around the world. If you are trying to insinuate that any post involving news from China does not belong in this community then why did you not seem to take issue with this post that was also about China and was posted in this community?
Clearly you take issue with the fact that this news paints China in a bad light, not with the fact that it is about China to begin with. So your claim of "I really don’t care about what you believe, but what I do think is reasonable is that this is not world news." VERY CLEARLY does not hold water.
Let's move onto the next issue that I have with your thought process. You just spent quite some time defending the Tiananmen Square massacre and didn't even respond in any way to the actual news article that I posted which is about restricting access to the physical location and detaining 32 people. This isn't just a post saying "it's the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre" which you seem to be defending.
You also state "It’s always what about, what about with you liberals. What about China, what about North Korea, what about Cuba, but why don’t you try and look a little bit under your own rug?"
I never said "what about" a single time. In fact, this post is not a response to anyone telling me anything so it wouldn't make any sense for me to say "what about, what about". Furthermore, I never claimed in this post or anywhere else for that matter that America is perfect. I even take issue with many of the things going on in America too. However, that is in NO WAY relevant to the news that I posted or the Tiananmen Square massacre.
So lets review, your claim that this post doesn't belong in this community is absolutely ridiculous. You refuse to address the actual article that I posted about and instead just tried to justify the Tiananmen Square massacre instead. And finally, your last point was "well what about under YOUR rug" while claiming that I was the one saying "what about, what about".
No thanks. I don't give a fuck about getting ratio'd. Let the people decide. Assuming this platform ever gets more traction, which it seems to be doing, the vast majority of the people that come here won't be tankies so... no, no I don't think I will go somewhere else.
The quickest way for Ukraine to end the war would be to simply abandon their country. Are you suggesting that's what they do or do you acknowledge that when a foreign country steps foot on your soil with weapons and kills your people that defending that land is a reasonable course of action?
So in light of finding out that I can't block an instance as a user, I am trying to find an instance that actually suits me better. Specifically I do not want to see anything relating to lemmygrad.ml and from what I can see, the main instances that block lemmygrad are lemmy.one which isn't accepting new applications and beehaw...
Per my post here (https://lemmy.ml/post/1141245) I am finding it a little frustrating that I am not able to block instances as a user. I understand giving instances the ability to block other instances, but why should I not be able to do that on the user end as well? I already effectively have the ability to do it but it's just...
Is it possible to block an entire instance as a user that your current instance hasn't already blocked for you or would I have to go through and find all of their individual communities and block them?
I was able to comment elsewhere earlier today, but just now when I went to post a comment on someone else's post in c/baduk it just gave me the spinning wheel forever. I tried to make a post of my own and it did the same thing. Am I just being stupid or is there something out of my control that's happening here?
Huge explosions breach the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine (www.economist.com)
Nova Kakhovka dam in Kherson region blown up by Russian forces - Ukraine's military (www.reuters.com)
'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow (www.npr.org)
China tightens access to Tiananmen Square while 32 are detained in Hong Kong (www.npr.org)
North Korea says its attempt to launch its first spy satellite ended in failure (www.npr.org)
Latest in Ukraine: Kyiv isn't saying if its counteroffensive has begun (June 5) (www.npr.org)
Defense Secretary Austin says U.S. won't stand for 'coercion and bullying' from China (www.npr.org)
Refugees knocking on lemmy.ml front door like (www.youtube.com)
Zelensky Responds to Donald Trump’s Plan to Stop War ‘in 24 Hours’ (www.kyivpost.com)
“He could have done that, but it didn’t happen. Yes, the question probably wasn’t pressing at the time because there was no full-scale invasion....
Finding the right instance
So in light of finding out that I can't block an instance as a user, I am trying to find an instance that actually suits me better. Specifically I do not want to see anything relating to lemmygrad.ml and from what I can see, the main instances that block lemmygrad are lemmy.one which isn't accepting new applications and beehaw...
Recommendation: blocking instances as a user
Per my post here (https://lemmy.ml/post/1141245) I am finding it a little frustrating that I am not able to block instances as a user. I understand giving instances the ability to block other instances, but why should I not be able to do that on the user end as well? I already effectively have the ability to do it but it's just...
Blocking instances as a user
Is it possible to block an entire instance as a user that your current instance hasn't already blocked for you or would I have to go through and find all of their individual communities and block them?
Unable to comment or post on c/baduk
I was able to comment elsewhere earlier today, but just now when I went to post a comment on someone else's post in c/baduk it just gave me the spinning wheel forever. I tried to make a post of my own and it did the same thing. Am I just being stupid or is there something out of my control that's happening here?