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albert180@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• khannie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If you think it doesn’t impact Europe or European politics I think maybe you need to peek through the hand you have over your face in that emoji. Various countries have recognised Palestine, had their Israeli diplomats removed etc.

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  • naught101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You’re not wrong, but why would you just post that stuff to global news/politics communities? Wouldn’t it make.more sense to focus on what differentiates the Europe lemmy community?

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    • ZDL@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Because the “global” news/politics communities are filled to the brim with Americans mouthing off American talking points?

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      • Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        !politics@lemmy.world

        US politics

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    • khannie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It’s a fair question. Some of it is directly Europe related, like France recently announcing that it was on a path to recognise Palestine, or the Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) saying that what was happening there was a war crime.

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• cabbage@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I got banned from !europe@feddit.org at some point for raising the German response to pro-palestinian protests as a potential democratic problem. Seems European enough to me. 🙃

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  • albert180@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You know that you can look up the posts in the Modlog?

    You claimed that protests against Palestine were banned. Which is absolutely not true

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    • cabbage@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Well, the entire thread is still there except my deleted comment reading as follows:

      insufficient avenues for engagement beyond voting.
      Funny what banning protests does to a country.

      So you can see in the thread that I provide sources, such as the New York Times:

      The country’s authorities have banned many protests in the name of fighting antisemitism. Critics say such restrictions are discriminatory.

      To me, this seems relevant in a thread about how German youth feels that their avenues for democratic participation beyond voting are restricted. Besides, I was not banned for alleged misinformation, but for "derailing".

      Even if I was wrong, which I do not believe I was, I hardly see my comment being worthy of a ban in a reasonably moderated community. Discussion, yes.

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      • albert180@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        If you yell slogans of denying Israel's right to exist, or show support of Hamas your Demo will get banned. Correct.

        But Demos in support of Palestine are allowed. There is one every week in my town

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