Tankies circlejerk themselves about being defederated and how the rest of Lemmy is an echo chamber

He wants a marketplace of ideas? Not a centrally planned economy of ideas? And Hexbear isn't calling him a far-right radical?

Severing all the bridges and hiding in an echo chamber

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I mean…every time I challenge a tankie and I didn’t realize I was in a tankie instance, I get deleted and banned.
- That's normally how it goes. Turns out their views don't actually hold up to scrutiny.

Isn't that hexbear? If so, they defederated from sh.itjust.works because we're big meanies, or something

Doesn't seem like it: https://sh.itjust.works/c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
- I can't follow that link since they defederated. I'll believe you though
They did, yeah. They didn't last a day until they defederated from world and SJW. Some of the oldest posts in this community are of that time
- Hexbear is not currently defederated from SJW, see comments below
- I thought .world blocked federation with HB before it even happened
- World preemptively defederated from them "as a last resort"

I mean all of Lemmy is an echo chamber of one kind or another. Although there are certainly varying degrees. I don’t know anything about Hexbear but lemm.ml is the worst I’ve seen due to the heavy-handed behavior of the admins.

If you don't like lemmy.ml, you certainly won't like lemmygrad or hexbear.
- While I wouldn’t say I like the instance users I do get some value from engaging with tankies, personally. They have a unique perspective and it motivates me to learn more about aspects history and politics that are not always discussed by other groups of people.
  The big problem is that I’m not allowed to correct their misinformation. This makes honest discussions and learning impossible on the .ml instance. Since my instance is defederated from grad and Hexbear I have little knowledge of their space. When you say I wouldn’t like it, is that due to the users or due to the way the space is moderated? Can I go to these spaces and offer a respectful dissenting viewpoint? Personally I find that to be a very significant distinction. I don’t mind being the bearer of unpopular truths—in fact it gives me a certain satisfaction. But I will not tolerate spaces where the truth is completely silenced.
- Hexbear can be funny in small doses, .ml is more seriousposting.
  Either way they're best experienced from a distance.
Thankfully this community isn't an echo chamber. Tankies are more than welcome to talk about communism and capitalism, so long as they don't start encouraging or justifying violence.

Driving down the road and complaining that everyone is a wrong way driver...

The irony is outstanding.

Meanwhile dessalines will ban you at the slightest comment

look at him go