!funny@sh.itjust.works

Just remember a few weeks ago people complaining about memes communities being overwhelmed with political content, so thought this one could use some promotion

  • VerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Nice try but again just because you dont like it, doesnt mean your censorship will result in anything other than silencing marginalized people’s perspectives, while allowing the status quo to go unchecked. Everything’s political.

    Attached image addresses noone specifically, but rather that dynamic and faux-enlightenment.

    https://roguenegro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dear-white-boys.jpg

    https://roguenegro.com/2016/04/21/politeness-is-a-strategy-for-people-with-less-power-to-remain-safe-from-further-harm-by-people-with-more-power/

    • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org
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      2 days ago

      silencing marginalized people’s perspectives

      Lemmy.world top of the day (https://lemmy.world/?dataType=Post&listingType=All&sort=TopDay)

      • first post about pirates and history
      • green text criticizing consumerism in PC gaming: political
      • late stage capitalism post about the 1%: political
      • 196 meme about being laid off: political
      • green text about Harry Potter
      • comic about getting a child and learning them life
      • post about Trump and the Washington Post cartoonist: political
      • shitpost about captcha
      • political meme about Trump and Elon in Lotr scene: political
      • screenshot about abortion: political
      • shitpost about not being able to afford hunting gear: political
      • screenshot about Grok, the Musk AI, name origin: political
      • comic how hard life is and only leads to death: political
      • 196 meme about anxiety: political
      • shitpost meme about living in a totalitarian clown world: political
      • meme about Republicans, climate change and the Titanic: political
      • greentext about washing chicken
      • shitpost about a hotdog picture
      • wholesome meme
      • meme about 14 years old in the middle ages

      Out of the top 20 posts of the day, 11 are political.

      Do you really think that having a single community that would not have political content can be considered censorship, and would impact the amount of political content available on this platform?

      I skimmed though the article you linked, and I would agree we should avoid faux-enlightenment if applied to the whole platform. Here, it is only about one single community, which will definitely be dwarfed by the rest of the political communities.