Is there a way to shop around for a Lemmy instance based on how many instances are blocking it and how many instances it’s blocking? For example, I noticed that the lemmygrad.ml instance is relatively popular, but it seems like a lot of other instances block it. It also blocks a bunch of other instances. So, if there are any communities on there that might be relevant to me then I would be missing out. I guess I could just create an account on a walled instance, but I would prefer not to keep creating accounts. I’d like to just find one instance that maximizes my access. Is the answer to just run my own instance?

  • diegeticscream [all]@lemmygrad.ml
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    Hi facedeer, you understand that one of the Lemmy.ml instance rules is not being insulting, right?

    I don’t appreciate being called mindlessly propagandized out of the blue, especially by someone who’s certainly heavily propagandized.

    The countries they fawn over aren’t even particularly communist, they’re just authoritarian.

    Can you help me understand your level of knowledge about Marxism-leninism that you feel comfortable correcting me?

    It’s just tiresome and pointless engaging with them.

    You engaging me makes this a lie. You started barking first.

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      I’m not speaking about you specifically, I have no idea who you are. I’m talking about lemmygrad in general. Just like the person you were responding to was talking about. He asked “what did lemmygrad.ml do?” And I’m clarifying that.

      It’s not that lemmygrad.ml is simply “communist.”

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          They’re not sealioning, they’re responding to a bunch of strong, reasonably insulting allegations. Maybe not responding gracefully, but they’re not sealioning.

          In fact, I don’t even think it’s possible for one reply to be sealioning, the whole point is that it’s repetitive harassment (as stated in the wiki link you posted). That’s why the original comic strip that defined it has so many panels.

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        I’m not speaking about you specifically, I have no idea who you are. I’m talking about lemmygrad in general.

        Generally, when you describe a group it’s understood that you’re describing members of that group. As a Lemmygrad user, you’ve called me “mindless” and “propagandized” (with no provocation or context). This is rude. You’ve also chosen to engage with me while taking part in a strange farce about how you wouldn’t choose to engage with me.

        It’s not that lemmygrad.ml is simply “communist.”.

        I thought I was pretty clear when I first asked: what is your experience with Marxism-leninism that you feel comfortable making this statement?

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            I’m not basing my statement off of any experience with Marxism-leninism.

            As you don’t have any experience with Marxism-leninism, why do you feel comfortable saying “the countries they fawn over aren’t even particularly communist”?

            SWCC is clearly communist, based on Marxism-leninism.

            I don’t care what you learned in 7th grade history. The communists are right. Krause and Nomad seem to share plenty of primary sources in that thread. I don’t care about changing your mind, so I won’t rehash that thread here.

            I don’t particularly care about the specific political ideologies on display.

            This is a lie. You’ve chosen to engage with me about communism, from an anticommunist perspective. You don’t think you’re political, because your politics are ingrained into your very being.

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      It’s fine to be offended that they called you propagandised, but that doesn’t make it less offensive to immediately say the same thing back to them. You are both insulting each other, it’s not helping the Lemmygrad situation.

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        Hey comfy, I understand what you’re getting at but I think I’m ok with it. I’m only returning an insult after it’s been thrown at me, and I think it’s clear that I’m working hard to be nice here. I’m no yogthos, and I have a hard time with stuff like this.

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          I need to tell you something. You need to bear the patience of a saint with these liberals. If someone does not explain them, they will keep acting as state propaganda parrots. Its not too helpful to get right back at them, considering how unhinged and toxic they can act. You will lose everytime in shit slinging competition.

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            I appreciate the advice, but I have gotten the same talk from Muad before. This is me being patient and not slinging shit!

            I’m specifically trying to get to the meat of the argument without wasting a lot of time effort-posting primary source essays no one will read.

            I think it’s worthwhile to show the disparity between the liberal worship of polite debate and their actual actions.

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              No, if you do the same thing as liberals, you being banned will be a further loss than the current position that favours them. Although I cannot disagree with the approach of taking some hits to expose their grift, something I have done for Lemmy for 3 years, you need to be cautious against drawing such cards against most of these decoys.