I was just perusing the modlog when I noticed something interesting. Apparently posting news about Gaza/Palestine is not allowed on !worldnews@sh.itjust.works. I decided to check the side bar and didn’t see anything. The only pinned post also does not indicate that this is not allowed

edit: the mod in question is @Eyekaytee@aussie.zone . sorry for not originally tagging. i hadn’t realized it was a rule that this must be done. i thought it seemed inappropriate since i was trying to initiate a conversation about a community’s rules and culture rather than start drama about an individual

  • Arcka@midwest.socialEnglish
    12·
    5 days ago

    Your ‘whatabout’ argument does not suddenly neutralize any or all dog whistles and make them OK to use.

    • mrdown@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 days ago

      There is no whatsboutism in my comment. Zio is an abreviation to zionist as simple as that

      • Arcka@midwest.socialEnglish
        12·
        5 days ago

        Your comment boils down to ‘what about this other word?’. If you remove that part your comment has zero substance.

        • mrdown@lemmy.world
          2·
          5 days ago

          It would be whstaboutism if i support the use of zio but not support the use of the term antiemite. It is using the other logic to prove to him that just because some bad and extremist people hijacked the term doesn’t mean we can’t use it.

          Your comment has zero substance