I have been banned from unpopularopinion for exposing person defending genocide and use of human shields by IDF.

One of the users in unpopularopinion thread was complaining about someone calling him a “fascist”

https://feddit.uk/comment/17531487

In response I did paste a screenshot of his comment claiming IDF are not using human shields, it is Hamas who do that:

https://feddit.uk/comment/17529782

… And the mod of unpopularopinion banned me. I can only guess he is a another genocide apologist.

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      Tone censorship is wide spread on all the “major” subs esp on lemmy.world.

      Being condescending is not enough, you have to say things that hurt regime right think…

      things like dead CEO deserving it, Israel being a genocide ethno state, voting for 3rd party, calling our german regime for being heavy with nazi nepo babies.

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        Do you call this criticism? I suppose it will do if you don’t have anything more original to say. (😉)

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    Lemmy unfortunatly is slowly transforming to reddit again regarding israel. I just interacted with someone blaming all israeli actions on palestinians

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      No reason to think the Mossad doesn’t devote some time here. They’re incredibly active on Reddit, and I’m sure they have some people arguing in bad faith on Lemmy as well.

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      Lemmy unfortunatly is slowly transforming to reddit again regarding israel.

      I think Lemmy is just doing it in general. Powertripping mods that don’t get questioned by admins, stupid rules that punish good faith users but enable bad faith people, mass sockpuppeting…

      I’m glad federation enables people to block some obviously bad accounts and instances, but god damn it feels like 50% of all instances are going insane because of a nation they aren’t in, that doesn’t care about them, is being called out for being a ethnostate.

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        Lemmy is on of the few places where this discussion is even possible so I guess Israelis and their acolytes figure it out and came here to derail it.

        It wild how quickly public sentiment gets sanitized on redidt. Sure they let it run but then it is gone the next day like it didn’t happen.

        At least here we can document it as it happens.

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      Are we sure these aren’t bots? I have a hard time believing someone can see what’s going on in the news and doesn’t see this as the genocide it is. Unless they’re extremely conservative, and only get their news from fox and oann. But then they wouldn’t be on lemmy anyway.

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        (I’m the guy this thread is about)

        Six months ago, I would’ve argued against the claim that what Israel is doing here amounts to genocide. But at this point, the stack of evidence is piling up so high that it’s becoming increasingly hard to deny.

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          Even 6 months ago they were committing genocide. They’ve been committing genocide for well over a year. You must have sand in your eyes if it took you this long to see it.

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        You must have not seen some of these comments. I was accused of antisemitism very recently.

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          I was accused of antisemitism very recently.

          Gotta love witch hunting… you sound like an arse* but, no, what you did is definitively not antisemitism. And you definitively did a good call in that thread.

          *to be fair with you, so do I.

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    BPR.

    You did the right thing by calling out OpinionHaver’s hypocrisy. And you did it the right way - exposing why they were called a fascist, in a thread they do Reddit style “I dun unrrurstand” sealioning and “ackshyually” red herrings over and over to defend ethnic cleansing. If you only posted that and walked away, I’d be saying “PTB”.

    However that is not just what you did. You were consistently aggressive in that thread, and your mod history shows entries like “uncivil”, “Derailing”, “civility”, “Rude/toxic”, “history of netiquette violations”, “consistent history of toxic behavior” across multiple instances. So even if the target was justified, you’re still a problem user, and if a mod lets this sort of hostile user (like you) go rogue in a comm, the comm becomes a shitfest.

    Plus you’re a single “I can only guess” away from witch hunting = calling the mod “genocide apologist” on weak grounds (removals from a single thread). If you want to accuse someone, do it like you did towards OpinionHaver.

    You, sunzu2 and OpinionHaver were derailing the thread. The mod should’ve either nuked the whole comment chain or left it alone; by selectively deleting you+sunzu2’s comments but not OpinionHaver’s, the mod is arbitrarily giving them a political voice in an allegedly “no politics” comm, but not you or sunzu2.

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      OpinionHaver was making claims that did not pass basic scanning of his comment history.

      I linked up his comment for context. I don’t think that’s derailing. That’s how good discourse happens. In fact, it is my opinion, that these “rules” are generally used to censor content, which is what happened here at least in my opinion.

      But sure, if entire comment thread got nuke, it would be harder for me to make these claims.

      But week in, week out around here we see these patterns of censorship around topics that are sensitive to the regime but we still pretend as if these “mods” are “modding” and not censoring.

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        By far your comment is the least problematic of the bunch, and it’s only a problem because it’s in the middle of that ruckus - it is further derailing the discussion, even if not the one starting it.

        But sure, if entire comment thread got nuke, it would be harder for me to make these claims.

        Personally I’d keep it on, because I agree with you. For me it’s a matter of transparency - if you remove stuff here and there suddenly nobody knows who said what. But I still see grounds for nuking the whole comment chain (including the top comment), to avoid a flamewar and make sure the rules are enforced.

        But week in, week out around here we see these patterns of censorship around topics that are sensitive to the regime but we still pretend as if these “mods” are “modding” and not censoring.

        Sadly you’re right.

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        People enabling fuckheads are obviously bad, but should not be assumed to be themselves fuckheads. “A is shit” and “B is shit” does not mean “A is B”.

        This is important, because otherwise we end not blaming the enablers properly - they aren’t like the thief who steals your junk, they’re more like the braindead muppet who keeps the door open.

        EDIT: …nevermind, I retract my point. We’re talking about LW; Zionist apologia goes rampant there. Even if OP themself didn’t bring this up, it’s common knowledge already.

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            Did you see the edit? Now, here’s your answer: no, it is not gibberish. I’ll explain the reasoning.

            If we stick to that thread alone, there are at least two possible explanations for why the mod acted that way:

            1. the mod simply didn’t see the page OP linked. They saw one user behaving poorly, another being superficially polite, and banned the one behaving poorly (the OP), without noticing the other was defending the IDF. or
            2. the mod saw the linked page, deemed it OK, banned OP because he’s defending the Palestinians, and used their behaviour as excuse.

            There are more, but let’s stick to those two. Both enable someone who’s doing genocide apology. In both, the mod is being an enabler. But only #2 counts as condoning that genocide apology. #1 is simply being damn sloppy.

            However, based on the mod actions in a single thread, we have no grounds to know if it’s #1 or #2. And we shouldn’t assume. You don’t accuse people based on assumptions.

            Here’s where the edit comes in. What I said above doesn’t apply because it’s common knowledge that the LW admins+mods do jack shit against Zionist apologia. That’s why I retracted my point - because it isn’t how the mod acted in that thread, it’s a consistent behaviour across multiple threads.

            Is this clear now? TL;DR: I was saying “OP, bring up more evidence before you accuse someone”, then “nevermind, the evidence is public knowledge”.

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              the mod simply didn’t see the page OP linked

              I did paste verbatim screenshot and mod was well aware about the content - defending IDF using human shields cannot be mistaken with anything else.

              So yes, we have grounds - he was well aware.

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      You were consistently aggressive in that thread

      No. I mostly only posted this genocide denier his own words. Calling someone defending use of human shields a “genocide apologist” is factual, not aggressive.

      your mod history shows entries like “uncivil”, “Derailing”, “civility”, “Rude/toxic”, “history of netiquette violations”, “consistent history of toxic behavior” across multiple instances.

      Firstly, this is irrelevant. Secondly when you get to the details, most of these comments are made by infamous feddit.org mods - who very recently came out of the closet and started banning reasonable criticism of Israel. Fill your gaps.

      So even if the target was justified, you’re still a problem user,

      I am who I am. I say what I think.

      Plus you’re a single “I can only guess” away from witch hunting = calling the mod “genocide apologist” on weak grounds

      See my other comment. I did paste screenshot of his disgusting defence of IDF, verbatim. This triggered the mod who called it “smear” and he doubled down on calling it “smear” again in this very thread. If calling a guy like this a “genocide apologist” is a smear for the mod, that’s very telling about mod own views.

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        No. I mostly only posted this genocide denier his own words. Calling someone defending use of human shields a “genocide apologist” is factual, not aggressive.

        You’re omitting the part where you call a third party “an idiot”, and that your answers to the genocide denier were both passive aggressive as fuck. (Source, modlog.. For the pass-aggro Ctrl+F “sweetie”)

        It’s arguable if your aggressiveness in this specific case was justified. But by claiming that you weren’t being aggressive you are simply lying. And calling people stupid by proxy - do you expect them to buy your lie?

        Firstly, this [your mod history entries] is irrelevant.

        No, it is not. It shows that you’ll likely to behave like an arse in any community that allows it. Mods can and should use a user’s history to know how to handle them, once they violate the rules of a community.

        Secondly when you get to the details, most of these comments are made by infamous feddit.org mods - who very recently came out of the closet and started banning reasonable criticism of Israel. Fill your gaps.

        Modlog, again:

        1. Yes, because people driving to work deserve to have their eyes stabbed 🙄 What kind of fucking moron creates stuff like this one?
        2. > Yeah, I’m all for that. And it’s easy. Just revoke all licences. https://lemmy.world/c/opisafuckingidiot
        3. I hope you’re a fucking miner (sic - minor)
        4. Your parents had “semen cause autism” energy
        5. Or perhaps you are simply not using your brain?
        6. Just 20%? I didn’t know 80% of USians were retarded, I always thought it was around 60% max.
        7. Go and fuck yourself.
        8. In this case enjoy your piss with fart bubbles. I am pretty sure you will be fine as long as it says “champagne” on the bottle.

        None of those involves either the feddit.org mods or the Zionist Reich, but in all of those you’re being aggressive towards other users. I could post another thousand examples, that modlog is full of that.

        You are lying yet again.

        I am who I am.

        You are a fucking arsehole, and someone without the dignity to admit they’re a fucking arsehole.

        I say what I think.

        The problem is how you say it. You’re a fucking arsehole, clearly unable to voice your views without sounding like a pissy manchild. And also a liar based on the comment I’m replying to.

        Please do a favour for everyone and go back to Reddit, you’ll be in more suitable company there.

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          You’re omitting the part where you call a third party "an idiot

          Again, this is irrelevant. Not part of the exchange I have been banned for and it was a reply to him calling me an" embarrassment". For the context, it was a guy defending genocide denier. He also posted in this thread - I suggest you have a look.

          your answers to the genocide denier were both passive aggressive as fuck.

          Firstly I disagree with that. Secondly this is again irrelevant - being “passive aggressive” is not a bannable offence.

          But by claiming that you weren’t being aggressive you are simply lying.

          I completely disagree with that. None of my comments were aggressive.

          No, it is not. It shows that you’ll likely to behave like an arse in any community that allows it.

          It is completely and utterly irrelevant. You may be an angel in one community and the devil in another. If there was a Israel/IDF supporting community the guy I was responding to would be an angel.

          None of those involves either the feddit.org mods or the Zionist Reich, but in all of those you’re being aggressive towards other users

          Nope. Now click each of them for a context. I stand behind every single one of them.

          You are lying yet again.

          Stop accusing me of lying.

          You are a fucking arsehole, and someone without the dignity to admit they’re a fucking arsehole. Please do a favour for everyone and go back to Reddit

          Now, my answer to this should be “go and fuck yourself”. But since you put your comments so nicely I am going to pat you on your head and just say “yes, sweetie” 😂

          If anyone is aggressive here, including name calling it is you. Now, disengage.

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      I don’t see the hypocrisy you’re accusing me of here, but I’m more than happy to clear up any potential confusion. I’ve interacted with you here before, and I know that - unlike OP - you’re capable of debating in good faith. So if you genuinely see any logical errors in my reasoning or behavior that you think are worth criticizing, I’m open to hearing it.

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        Refer to this discussion FelixCress linked.

        Up to your top comment (“I’m not sure “human shield” is the correct term here.” […]), you could say that you were just arguing semantics. However, your replies to leftytighty and Keeponstalin show otherwise:

        • even after being shown (by Keeponstalin) that the definition of human shield fits the content of the article to a T, you kept arguing that it does not apply
        • insistent shift of the focus on Hamas’ actions
        • leftytighty’s point in “try reading news about the IDF” is clear (implying usage of human shields is the common modus operandi of the IDF, so the article exemplifying it is not surprising). Your answer to that was basically a Reddit style sealion.

        What you said is, effectively, a defence of the IDF, by denying that that specific event counts as a specific war crime, and insistent (~twice) shift of the focus to Hamas’ actions. Even if you say “I’m not defending IDF”. It does give people good grounds to call you a fascist, so your comment in the other thread is hypocrisy.

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    Yikes.

    So this person blatantly apologizes warcrimes, then edits to make clear they were just being “specific”, which is technically possible but really fucking convenient and shows VERY poor awareness at best.

    Then another person complains about lemmy fostering extremist views which exposes themselves as lobotomized because they are falling prey to the “centrism” fallacy.

    Then they ban you for trying to expose their bigotted views on that thread? Did i catch that correctly?

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    I’m more than happy to explain my actual views to anyone genuinely interested in hearing what I actually think about the subject - rather than what OP wants you to think I believe. I know my reply was intentionally provocative, but I stand by everything I said. You only need to compare the length of OP’s moderation history to mine to see who’s really acting in bad faith here.

    Here’s my responses to that thread for further context.

    I’m not sure “human shield” is the correct term here. That implies using the civilian population to deter your enemy from shooting at you - which has been Hamas’ strategy from the beginning. It would make zero sense for the IDF to do that, since it wouldn’t deter anyone.

    EDIT: It may be more accurate to categorize this as using a protected person to perform military duties, which is also prohibited under international humanitarian law - but it’s a different category of war crime.

    Human shield is defined under Geneva Conventions as “utilizing the presence of a civilian or other protected person to render certain points, areas or military forces immune from military operations”

    I’m not here to deny the atrocities committed by the IDF - I’m simply questioning the legitimacy of the term in this specific context, while somewhat provocatively trying to highlight the fact that accusing Israel of using human shields is a bit like accusing Ukraine of killing civilians. While both may be technically true, it still paints a somewhat dishonest picture of the actual reality - which, in this case, is that using human shields is Hamas’ number one tactic, and no intellectually honest person can seriously claim otherwise.

    when they tie Palestinians to the front of their vehicles, I think we can say they’re using literal human shields.

    That would absolutely count as using them as human shields. However, the example used in the article, in my opinion, doesn’t. What they’re doing is still just as immoral and still a war crime, but I don’t think it qualifies as an example of using someone as a human shield.

    This has nothing to do with defending the IDF - don’t be ridiculous.

    Am I being pedantic? Yeah. But that still doesn’t change the fact that what I’m saying has nothing to do with defending the IDF. I have no dog in that fight. I’m not rooting for either side in this conflict - I’m only rooting for the civilian population suffering on both sides.

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      “Hamas uses Palestinians as human shields” is one of the weirdest arguments in existence.

      1. Gaza City is home to nearly 2 million people living in an 88-square-mile expanse, which is about 21,000 people per square mile. Is it “using people as human shields” if your fighters have no unpopulated place to strike from?

      2. Even if we grant that the accusation is true, that doesn’t make it okay to retaliate against innocent civilians. If we all agree that October 7th was bad, I’ve got terrible news for you about the last 70 years of Israeli occupation.

      3. Israel has killed 40,000 innocent civilians. I haven’t checked in a while, this number is surely low. It’s obvious to everyone that “human shields” aren’t effective, so why would Hamas think it was? Almost like this is just a talking point to use as Israel blows up another hospital.

      4. Israel has fired at UN delegations, clearly marked Red Cross/Red Crescent vehicles, Aid NGOs, and Israeli hostages trying to escape under a white flag. Are we really supposed to trust them about “Hamas using human shields” when they shoot everything that moves and claim they were Hamas afterwards?

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      I’m not rooting for either side in this conflict

      One side is committing genocide. If you’re not rooting for the other side, then you’re rooting for genocide.

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        The hamas vector of discussion is to conflate the civilian population with “enemy” combatants. At least gen pop finally seeing it for what it is. Shill op to down play genocide.

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      Soldiers literally admit it. Human right organizations mentioned the use of human shield since the second intifadha but you have the audacity to claim it’s false. No unbiased person believe your words, you are just an hypocrite.

    • The point is that the correct response to an accusation of the usage of human shields is not pedantry. When there’s multiple documented cases of this happening, the correct response is not singling out specific examples that in spirit is still the usage of human shields but following some specific definition technically might not count. This serves no purpose other than to derail the conversation into pendantry.

      You also made a logic error: according to you, the IDF wouldn’t use human shields because Hamas already does. And you reason that this must mean Hamas does not care if civilians die. But the entire point of human shields is that it makes it impossible to do certain military operations because it would kill civilians. The end result with this strategy isn’t dead civilians, it hinges on the civilians staying alive (and thus your military is too). Hamas doesn’t employ this strategy to get civilians killed, they do it to protect their operations. That exact same motivation could work for the IDF too.

      The crimes that the IDF are accused of also in no way compare to what’s been happening in Ukraine. By making these comparisons you seem to be trying to minimize what the IDF is doing, which in effect defends the IDF.

      If that’s not your intention, then stop and reflect carefully on what your comments actually contribute to the conversation. What you name the crime isn’t what’s important here, it’s the crime itself.

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        I’m doubting that the IDF would use human shields because I don’t think Hamas would refrain from engaging them just to protect their own civilians. However, people have provided examples of the IDF actually doing this, and I haven’t argued against that. I don’t fully understand the logic behind it, but I accept that it’s happening and I obviously condemn it.

        My doubt stems from the fact that it’s well documented that Hamas has, on multiple occasions, launched rockets from areas near hospitals, schools, mosques, and refugee camps - knowing that this can deter the IDF from striking those locations, at least to some extent. But the willingness to put their own civilian population at risk like that makes me seriously question how much they actually care. They’re also on record saying things like “we love death more than the infidels love life,” and in their worldview, being martyred isn’t a bad outcome - quite the opposite.

        So my issue is essentially this: the same people who seem completely unwilling to criticize Hamas for their use of human shields have no problem going after the IDF for it. In this case, even if the criticism is valid, I still see that as quite hypocritical.

        Also, I fully acknowledge being a provocateur - and the fierce pushback against what I sounded like I was saying was fully expected on my part.

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          The only documentation of human shields is israel using it. Only israel and it supporters say that hamas use them. Hell there are two videos of the idf using human shields on youtube

        • I’m doubting that the IDF would use human shields because I don’t think Hamas would refrain from engaging them just to protect their own civilians.

          I don’t understand why you’d doubt this in the comment section of a post that quite literally has proof they’re doing it.

          So my issue is essentially this: the same people who seem completely unwilling to criticize Hamas for their use of human shields have no problem going after the IDF for it. In this case, even if the criticism is valid, I still see that as quite hypocritical.

          Can you show anyone who is unwilling to criticize Hamas for the usage of human shields? Everybody knows what Hamas does, they’re a terrorist organisation after all. The question is why the IDF, which is supposedly “the most moral army in the world” is doing it too. Even so, it’s deflection through whataboutism.

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            Have to say it’s always amazing how quickly those saying they aren’t defending atrocities will pivot to defending them.

            Especially considering they don’t even care about IDF killing civilians

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              Because they are engaging in a shill op.

              So they have to pretend to care about Gaza residents now, public opinion too strong in victims favour.

              So they pretend to be allies and then engage in dilatory tactics to under mine consensus formation on the issue.

              You see this on reddit flashed out better if you can catch an active thread before it gets sanitized or removed.

              The idea is to sow some doubt around the topic… It is not that bad, some of it deserved etc

              This means that’s progress is being made on public opinion front but people are dying today and public opinion is moving too slow

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            To be accurate hamas is designed as a terrorist from by only 40 of i believe 197 countries. Hamas definitely did many terrorist acts but israel did a lot more since it’s creation

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            That thread was literally the first time I’d ever heard of them doing it. My comment there however was intended to question the legitimacy of using that term in that specific context - where they were reportedly sending civilians to clear buildings before entering themselves - not as some broad denial that it’s ever happened. I didn’t argue against anyone who gave me actual examples of them doing it.

            And even if I were skeptical about the IDF using human shields, it would still be a logical error to jump to the conclusion that I’m denying a genocide. I’ve seen the photos of Gaza nearly flattened by Israel’s bombing - those are pretty hard to argue against.

            I can’t point to anyone specific who outright refuses to acknowledge Hamas doing the same, but I’ve interacted with plenty of people who straight-up refuse to admit it and instead derail the entire conversation by accusing me of holding views I don’t actually hold.

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          the same people who seem completely unwilling to criticize Hamas for their use of human shields have no problem going after the IDF for it.

          Israel is doing a genocide but have you thought about Hamas? 🤡

          Also, you are literally admitting in acting in bad faith here, which is dilatory to the discussion of the Israeli’s genocide and war crimes.

  • Krudler@lemmy.world
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    You got banned because you’re a petulant, argumentative, obnoxious, pugnacious jerk. That’s why you got banned. I see you all over the place making obnoxious comments and getting into fights with people for no reason.

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      In the second thread OP linked, the user in question is sealioning and “ackshyually” all the way. The whole thing boils down to:

      • [Someone] Israel Defence Forces are using people as human shields
      • [Opinionhaver] Ackshyually, it doesn’t count as human shield
      • [Someone else] It does, see: [explains it]
      • [Opinionhaver] I dun unrurrstand you are point, explain again.

      They’re quacking like a duck and OP called them a duck. In this regard OP is right.

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        I’ll be honest, I was going off the evidence presented in this thread and didn’t follow the links. Dude is definitely a genocide denier and in the wrong but I don’t see the connection between being a hypocrite sealioning about Israel using human shields and being a fascist.

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          Denying that specific genocide is already grounds to call someone a fascist, because of why that genocide is happening: to expand an ethnostate in the Levant. So, when he showed surprise that he was being called a fascist, that was hypocrisy, because it was clear why.

          Sealioning refers to how he was debating in that thread, not the specific claims he defends.

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          I would’ve accepted the label “genocide denier” six months ago, but at this point, I no longer do. The longer this conflict goes on, the harder it becomes to defend the IDF. What they’re doing right now counts as genocide by my standards - and nowhere have I claimed otherwise.

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            What they’re doing right now counts as genocide by my standards

            Well, glad that’s all settled then. Welcome to the understanding of the rest of the sane world. Better late than never, huh?

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    Them: “there is a problem”

    You: demonstrates problem

    Mod: bans

    YDI. You’re not wrong, you’re just an asshole. Pick your battles better.

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    … And the mod of unpopularopinion banned me. I can only guess he is a another genocide apologist.

    Yes, that’s the only reason you got banned. You got me.

    It’s not the purity tests, taking things out of context, hostility, or trollish behavior.

    It’s not the condescending comments.

    It’s not the smear campaign you’re STILL going on about while taking things out of context to “prove” your point.

    It’s not the fact that you intentionally re-posted a removed comment that violated the rules.

    It’s not the fact that I explicitly said that this is a no-politics community and was only allowing the post to remain up because it was about political discussions in general. And you decided to bring explicit politics into it.

    It’s not the fact that your have a LONG history of bad-faith behavior and derailing conversations with your shtick.

    No. It can’t possibly be any of that. It must be because I’m a genocide apologist, bootlicking Nazi. That’s clearly the only rational conclusion to be drawn here.

    You fucking caught me.

    /s

    YDI

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      Why did you remove my comment hen?

      As somebody else pointed in this thread, you nuked my comment that put Opinionhaver@feddit.uk comment in context

      If somebody makes a claim, why I am getting censored for responding within the context of that claim?

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      No wonder why you’re a mod of !@news@lemmy.world, you find words more important than actions. Israel’s mass murder is bad, but calling it out is worse!

      Way to keep the stereotypes of lemmy.world’s mods true.

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      If some basic insults is worse than people justifying a 57 years occupation you should revaluate your moral compass

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      It’s not the purity tests, taking things out of context, hostility, or trollish behavior.

      Stop lying. I did paste screenshot of his disgusting defence of IDF using human shields and told them they were “genocide apologist”.

      You removed this comment and banned me.

      It’s not the smear campaign you’re STILL going on about while taking things out of context to “prove” your point.

      Calling someone defending use of human shields a “genocide apologist” is a smear now?!

      It’s not the fact that I explicitly said that this is a no-politics community and was only allowing the post to remain up because it was about political discussions in general. And you decided to bring explicit politics into it

      What political discussion did I bring?

      It’s not the fact that your have a [LONG historyof bad-faith behavior and derailing conversations with your shtick.

      Your point is?

      No. It can’t possibly be any of that. It must be because I’m a genocide apologist

      Since you are STILL claiming that I somehow smeared the guy defending use of human shields than yes - you must be one of them. It is either this or you are as bright as a broken bulb. Which one is it?

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        Your point is?

        You’ve pretty much just made it for me. Thanks. I’m not going to engage in your gish-gallop.

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          You doubling down now?

          Do a decent thing, recognise you made a mistake, apologise and reverse your decision. And remove comments of the genocide apologist playing victim while you are on it, since you removed mine exposing him.