You may have noticed a distinct lack of return2ozma. This is due to their admitting, in a public comment, that their engagement here is in bad faith:

I’m sure there will be questions, let me see if I can address the most obvious ones:

  1. Can I still post negative stuff about Biden?

Absolutely! We have zero interest in running an echo chamber. However, if ALL you’re posting is negative, you may want to re-think your priorities. You get out of the world what you put into it and all that.

  1. Why now?

Presumption of innocence. It may be my own fault, but I do try to think the best of people, and even though they were posting negative articles, they weren’t necessarily WRONG. Biden’s poll numbers, particularly in minority demographics ARE in the shitter. They are starting to get better, but he still has a hell of a hill to climb.

  1. Why a 30 day temp ban and not a permanent ban?

The articles return2ozma shared weren’t bad, faked, or from some wing-nut bias site like “beforeitsnews.com”, they were legitimate articles from established and respected news agencies, pointing out the valid problems Biden faces.

The problem was ONLY posting the negatives, over and over and then openly admitting that dishonest enagement is their purpose.

Had they all been bullshit articles? It would not have taken anywhere near this much time to lay the ban and it would have been permanent.

30 days seems enough time for them to re-think their strategery and come back to engage honestly.

tl;dr - https://youtu.be/C6BYzLIqKB8#t=7s

  • Raphaël A. Costeau
    45·
    7 months ago

    American values of democracy and freedom

    The same values that are used as justification by the two parties to invade/intervene in any country that has something that interests the US?

    And seriously, what democracy? In which you “elect” the president in an indirect system that does not necessarily elect the most voted by the people? In which it is practically impossible for a candidate other than one of the two parties to contest?* I call this a joke of a democracy.

    *: That is, who wants to run must pass in the “anything but democratic” primaries.

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    • btaf45@lemmy.world
      11·
      6 months ago

      The same values that are used as justification by the two parties to invade/intervene in any country that has something that interests the US?

      No. That that is almost never the US justification for war. But yes, saving South Korea from being ruled by the North Korean dictator was a great thing.

      And seriously, what democracy? In which you “elect” the president in an indirect system that does not necessarily elect the most voted by the people?

      So that is the same as “fascism”. GTFO with that ridiculous nonsense.

      I call this a joke of a democracy.

      Because you are not comparing it with the absence of democracy, You are comparing it with a perfect democracy. The absence of a perfect democracy is not a “joke”, it is the difference between fascism and non-fascism.

      • Raphaël A. Costeau
        1·
        6 months ago

        No. That that is almost never the US justification for war.

        This has been used as at least a minor motive in Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq, to ​​name a few. The consequences are there to be seen.

        But yes, saving South Korea from being ruled by the North Korean dictator was a great thing.

        At least 3 million of people died in that war, mostly civilians, mostly targeted by USA’s bombs (six times more bombs than during the entire Pacific War in a much, much smaller area). No matter what your opinion of the North Korean regime, to praise this war is to praise mass murder.

        So that is the same as “fascism”.

        Not “same” as fascism, but not democracy at all.

        Because you are not comparing it with the absence of democracy, You are comparing it with a perfect democracy. The absence of a perfect democracy is not a “joke”, it is the difference between fascism and non-fascism.

        What is democracy? It is the political system where the people govern, directly or indirectly. There is no such thing as “incomplete democracy”: either the people govern, or the people do not govern. Absence of democracy means no democracy at all. And for me “no democracy” it is as bad as fascism.

        • btaf45@lemmy.world
          11·
          6 months ago

          No matter what your opinion of the North Korean regime, to praise this war is to praise mass murder.

          Dude nobody is praising North Koreans and Chinese for their war of aggression and mass murder. Also please stop your implied racism against South Koreans by undervaluing their freedom.

          This has been used as at least a minor motive in Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq, to ​​name a few.

          Sort of true with Korea and Vietnam. Not true at all with the rest.

          The consequences are there to be seen.

          Yes the consequences are very apparent. South Korea is a thriving free democracy. North Korea is still the worst country in the world to live.

          There is no such thing as “incomplete democracy”:

          That’s why nobody is claiming there is. There is a measurable scale for how good a democracy is. Starting with the obvious “Is there freedom of the press?” and going to stuff like: Is every vote weighed the same? Is it easy to vote?

          Not “same” as fascism, but not democracy at all.

          Not democracy because votes are grouped by states? How idiotic can you get?

          • Raphaël A. Costeau
            1·
            6 months ago

            Dude nobody is praising North Koreans and Chinese for their war of aggression and mass murder.

            I wasn’t talking about North Korea and Chinese actions, I was talking about US’s actions. This astronomical quantity of bombs were deployed by USA’s air force. And you are praising this war when you say it was “nice”.

            Also please stop your implied racism against South Koreans by undervaluing their freedom.

            Here you are just being absurd. Who’s being racist? Who values ​​the self-determination of a people? Who condemns the direct interference of a foreign nation in a civil war or who approves it? China only sent soldiers to the war when the “UN army” had already occupied almost the entire peninsula. And yes, I value life over freedom: while there is life, there is hope of achieving freedom, without life, there is no possibility of being free.

            Not true at all with the rest.

            Yes it’s true, at every one of this wars the media and government talked endlessly about how each of these countries was ruled by a terrible dictator and it was almost the America’s divine duty to intervene. The Iraq war in particular was full of videos of Bush talking about how inhuman Saddam was and how the “weapons of mass destruction” (which were not real) in his hands would cause a terrible tragedy. In the end, the only tragedies were the proxy war between Iraq and Iran, led by the United States when they were friends with Saddam, and the Iraq war.

            There is a measurable scale for how good a democracy is. Starting with the obvious “Is there freedom of the press?” and going to stuff like: Is every vote weighed the same? Is it easy to vote?

            This scale is ridiculous and does not reflect the real meaning of democracy.

            Not democracy because votes are grouped by states?

            Not because the votes are grouped by state, but because:

            • the division of delegates is not strictly proportional to the population of the states.
            • the delegates can vote regardless of the wishes of their voters.
            • therefore, it is perfectly possible, as has happened a few times, that the winner of the election is not the candidate who received the most votes from the population, but rather the one who managed to gather the most delegates.

            In addition, since it is impossible to elect (to the presidency) someone who does not belong to one of the two parties, one would expect, at the very least, that the primaries would be democratic. They are not. Superdelegates are not elected.

            How idiotic can you get?

            Here you are, being rude again, for no reason at all. Even Jesus Christ lost his temper, and I am a far inferior person to him. I have no intention of continuing to argue with someone so uncivilized.

            • btaf45@lemmy.world
              11·
              6 months ago

              I wasn’t talking about North Korea and Chinese actions

              North Korea is responsible for the war. The USA and UN is not. Are you saying it would be bad for the US or UN to help defend any country from an unprovoked attack? So Britain and France were responsible for WWII and not Germany? What utter nonsense.

              And you are praising this war when you say it was “nice”.

              I’m not praising the war. North Korea’s war of aggression was terrible and cost many lives. I am praising the United Nation’s role preserving freedom in South Korea. The United Nations was authorized by the Security Council to defend South Korea. You undervaluing the freedom of Asians sounds like racism. It’s easy for you to say that Asians do not deserve freedom, but you would think radically differently if YOU were the one living in North Korea.

              talked endlessly about how each of these countries was ruled by a terrible dictator

              Dude Afghanistan was attacked by NATO because they attacked the USA. Iraq was attacked because Bush was alleging weapons of mass destruction. Democracy was a SIDE EFFECT, the not reason for war.

              This scale is ridiculous

              The pretense that there is no scale and it is black or white is what is ridiculous.

              the division of delegates is not strictly proportional to the population of the states.

              Which makes the US an imperfect democracy, not a dictatorship. It is not all the way to perfect on the scale.