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2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
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4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
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5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
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Whenever I see "Removed by mod" on a .world community, I know it probably said something I agree with. News communities shouldn't be hosted there.
Maybe, but people need to learn to speak in plausible deniability. You can check the user's moderation history to see what they said. Fascists were able to advance their ideas without getting shutdown with indirect speak and double talk. Maybe we need to learn the same.
My comment was oblique; I agreed with an historical quote then made a LOTR reference. No overt calls for violence. Still removed.
e: Please check my moderation history to see what I said. I was the 3rd comment in that thread.
Fascists love to take the gun, but leave the cannoli…
They were talking about watering the tree of liberty. I'm sure you can find the correct quote and infer who was being referenced.
Whenever I see "Removed by mod" I check the mod log to see what was said. Its one of the best ways to get me to read and up/down vote something.
Patriots and tyrants, yep.
Careful…
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by patriots asking tyrants really nicely to please stop brutally oppressing them."
It needs a lot of watering.