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That's definitely weird. At least it seems like it's just a UI glitch on that end and hasn't empowered everyone who interacts with mod abilities lol.

Maybe check with the voyager community? Seems like a bug or something is out of sync. I'm not familiar enough with it to offer much more than that, unfortunately.

This one? https://lemmy.ca/c/timetravellerguide

I loaded it, and I'm only seeing you as a mod (no one else in the comments has the badge).

Are you using the default interface or another app? Maybe clear cache/cookies and see if that fixes it?

Best I can do is vodka and food coloring.

This attitude is pretty prevalent here for some reason:

We don't want no gotdang national ID. Don't want the gubmint tracking me or putting me in no database.

==Sent from my iPhone

The closest we have to a national ID is a passport. However, there are new ID requirements for something called a Real ID. It's basically an enhanced driver's license / state ID that complies with federal standards. When I got mine last year, I don't think the process was any different from renewing my old-style driver's license. The only noticeable difference is they gave me a black and white printout temporary ID to use for the two weeks it took to receive the ID card in the mail.

The weirdest thing about it, though, is that it looks crappier and cheaper than the old "insecure" driver's license I had before.

My question to the rest of the world: Are y'all this obsessed with birth certificates? I feel like it's ridiculous here.

I think my conscience could live with that. Even more so if we can stamp "UN-CONVICTED" on all the other ones.

It's a complicated situation, lol, and I can see both sides of it.

As for that being "a taste of his own medicine", I agree.

Ultimately, though, I feel putting a picture of an actual convicted felon alongside photos of people who are highly likely to be only accused of crimes sends the wrong message and gives them the implication of guilt.

Depends how you look at it, I guess lol.

I hate participating in what seems like a good conversation only for the content to get irretrievably nuked

Here lately, that's less because of posts getting removed by mods and more because some tinfoil-hat jerkoff(s) keep spinning up disposable accounts, making a post, and deleting the account/content shortly afterward. It's to the point I won't even bother responding to someone unless their account is at least a week old, and even then, I'm wary.

Ironically, no. He's actually been convicted of 34 felonies.

I don't see any threads recently nuked in News, and no recent modlog entries for you specifically (except an old one from 6 months ago where you called someone a pedo, and nope, I'm not digging up a slapfight thread that starts/ends there). You might also want to clarify which "news" community; I was only looking at the modlog within the last hour as described in the post here.

The post I think you're talking about, "Cocaine 'no worse than whiskey,' would be 'sold like wine' if legalized worldwide, Colombia's president says" was removed because it was old news (rule 5: Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days). That's a long-established community rule, and it was properly enforced.

The only comment I see removed in c/News in the last hour isn't from that post or by you, and was removed for "What the fuck?". Considering the comment in question is:

...I think the mod made the right call.

Edit: Put quoted removed comment into spoiler tag with NSFL warning.

Not only that, but I'm guessing what's printed are the crimes they're accused of rather than anything they've been convicted of.

Anyone can accuse anyone of anything at any time. That's why courts exist.

At least it reflects what's inside.

You ever drive past "that house"? You know the one I mean; every neighborhood has one. The one that always has a yard full of signs, banners, flags, etc? The house equivalent of a car covered in bumper stickers, all collectively saying "Stay Away: Crazy Inside"

The paradox of tolerance doesn't apply here, and you're presenting it out of context. No one is saying we should tolerate Musk or his actions.

A civilization is allowed to respond to this information.

Yes, it is. We agree there. Where we disagree is how society responds. Refuse to do new business? Refuse to renew contracts/agreements? Sure. That's fine. No argument from me, and I do the same thing. Hell, I still won't fill up from BP because of how they tried to shirk responsibility for lubricating the Gulf of Mexico almost 20 years ago. That is to say I'm no stranger to "voting with my wallet" or "punishing" companies by refusing to do business with them.

But to arbitrarily revoke agreements with local businesses or legislate against one particular individual when their actions are not directly related to the legislation being drafted is not how a healthy society should handle things. "But we're clearly not a healthy society" is the response I always get when pointing out hypocritical takes. Well, society's not going to get any better if both sides are down in the mud.

What you're basically saying with your argument is "A little fascism is okay when it's my side doing it" and I say that is not okay.