They were all down voting today. All the accounts were created today

They are not banned on Lemmy.world. Just on the news community. I have notified the admins, so they should receive the ban hammer soon.

I banned all those users for being vote manipulating bots.

Cold turkey. Better for my mental health.

Social media is anything but.

I appreciate it. Yes, you were the one who said weird shit about me lol.

It has been a pleasure to help. I know I have things to regret, but my regrets are outweighed by my satisfaction of knowing I did the best I could.

I don’t see myself changing my mind. I did this to be a janitor. I would pawn off top moderator role as often as I could, because one person leading too many comms can only be a bad thing. Admin gave me more than I could or wanted to handle, and VERY publicly.

Everybody makes mistakes.

I gave a ban to show nobody is above the rules. I made the ban length commiserate of the infraction.

They needed more and more help, and I volunteered. I only have myself to blame.

Nobody forced me to moderate.

Completely agree. I’d rather have no social media rather than corpo social media

Oh, I’ll keep my mastodon account, but they don’t cross over, the way I see content there.

Thanks.

I guess I’m just sad that if I rejoined on a different instance and blocked .world, it would have 1/10 the content.

Reminder: I’m a lurker so any drama would just be more content for me when I’m just browsing.

I’m treating it as a break up. Cut all contact with her and her family.

Does it make sense? Most likely not.

Just tired of it, I guess.

Naturally, I’m a lurker. Moderation has been the most I’ve ever interacted on social media, and that started here.

I think it’s just best to make a clean cut.

as my account is a lemmy.world (as is yours!) account, and the communities I moderate reside on lemmy.world, when I talk about the admins, I am only talking about the lemmy.world admins

I know you’re a troll. I’m done feeding you.

You seem to have time to spare, but maybe searching is hard for you.

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=cult+of+the+leader+who+promises+national+restoration+in+the+face+of+humiliation+brought+on+by+supposed+communists%2C+Marxists+and+minorities+and+immigrants+who+are+supposedly+posing+a+threat+to+the+character+and+the+history+of+a+nation+…+The+leader+proposes+that+only+he+can+solve+it+and+all+of+his+political+opponents+are+enemies+or+traitors.

Fuck, that made me laugh

Oh, look! A big, ugly sea lion.

Are…Are you new to the internet?

I gave you the exact quote. You DO realize that me posting a link wouldn’t be any different, right?

That’s because you can SEARCH the quote to get the source. I know, revolutionary idea.

https://lemmy.world/comment/19714306

Did you not see the source I cited?

Here, let me help:

As Jason Stanley said to define fascism at its core

Who is Jason Stanley?

Jason Stanley (born 1969) is the Bissell-Heyd Chair in American Studies in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, and also has an appointment in the Department of Philosophy. In addition to his position at the Munk School, he is a Distinguished Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics. Before coming to the University of Toronto in 2025, he held positions as a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University (2013-2025), Rutgers University (2004-2013), The University of Michigan (2000-4), and Cornell University (1995-2000). He accepted the appointment at the University of Toronto in 2025, fleeing the U.S. because of what he describes as the deteriorating political situation.

I’m guessing his bona fides are better than yours.

He actually posted this after I told him I wouldn’t be unbanning him.

I responded because we now have it here, plain as day, what Trump actually is.

Yeah, I know they are rage baiting.

sigh

The Nazis were not the first fascists. Italy was. There’s been many since. Being fascists doesn’t mean being a Nazi. Being a Nazi DOES mean you are a fascist. Not all hot tubs are Jacuzzi, but all Jacuzzis are hot tubs.

It’s been said (paraphrasing) “Trying to define a fascist is like trying to nail jelly to a wall”. This is because there are many distinct forms of fascism, but they do share some similarities.

As Jason Stanley said to define fascism at its core:

A cult of the leader who promises national restoration in the face of humiliation brought on by supposed communists, Marxists and minorities and immigrants who are supposedly posing a threat to the character and the history of a nation … The leader proposes that only he can solve it and all of his political opponents are enemies or traitors.

Sound familiar?

Let’s break down that definition:

1. A cult of the leader - MAGA, anybody?
2. …who promises national restoration… - Literally what the letters in MAGA represent: “Make America Great Again”
3. …in the face of humiliation brought on by supposed communists, Marxists and minorities and immigrants who are supposedly posing a threat to the character and the history of a nation … - His attack on China. His attack on the idea of anti fascism. His attack on immigrants and RAMP UP on ICE and use of the military in democrat-led states
4. The leader proposes that only he can solve it and all of his political opponents are enemies or traitors. - This is literally his talking points every day.

I challenge you to prove otherwise.

This is why you were banned from politicalmemes.

Because there’s not one definitive definition, and proving without a doubt someone shares ideals is almost impossible, you want to point at a vague idea and say “see, there’s no way he’s fascist!”

Now, it’s time for me to be an adult and do my actual job. This is just volunteer work.