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Banned from unpopularopinion for exposing person defending genocide and IDF use of human shields (lemmy.world)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by FelixCress@lemmy.world to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 28 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

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

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Unfortunately yes. First there was a feddit.org. Now I can see it spreading.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 7 points 17 hours ago

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.

[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Yes because they talk about multiple topics.

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 15 points 18 hours ago (17 children)

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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[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 23 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

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?

[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 20 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Idf soldiers literally admit using Palestinians are used as human shield and this guy claim that the term human shield is misleading and compare it to accusing Ukraine is killing civilians

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/24/israel-investigates-use-of-palestinians-as-human-shields-by-its-forces-in-gaza

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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Yes - and the mod just doubled down on his ridiculous behaviour.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 9 points 19 hours ago

Yeah okay. Ptb indeed.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 19 hours ago

They are not known for good takes. Only surprised they mod a community on world not their own dubvee instance

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago

PTB

Janitors gonna trip

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world -4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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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[–] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works -4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, that doesn't make them a fascist.

It makes them misinformed and a hypocrite.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 13 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

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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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee -3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

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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[+] admiralpatrick@lemmy.world -8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (4 children)

... 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

[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 21 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

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

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

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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