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cabbage@piefed.social 4 weeks agoWell, 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.
albert180@piefed.social 4 weeks 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
cabbage@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
They don't have a general rule to ban all protests, but they did ban several of them and cracked down on protests pretty effectively early on. As is reported in plenty of media.