Ye Power Trippin' Bastards @lemmy.dbzer0.com spujb @lemmy.cafe 6 days ago

Frequent PTB character enforces US terminology in ban of technically correct statements marked as “misinformation”

!world@lemmy.world mods once again proving their incapacity to host a space for “world” news.

Terminology citation

Under Canada's Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, the terms government and Government of Canada refer specifically to the prime minister, Cabinet, and other members of the governing party inside the House of Commons, but typically includes the federal public service and federal departments and agencies when used elsewhere.[7] This differs from the United States, where the executive branch is referred to as an administration and the federal government encompasses executive, legislative, and judicial powers, similar to the Canadian Crown.

Emphasis mine. In particular I note that capitalization is not a factor. The fact that Voroxpete didn’t specify “capital G Government” doesn’t make a difference as I originally thought when reading.

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I think people need to start saying:

Government of Canada (aka: The Prime Minister & Cabinet, and Members of Legislature supporting thereof)
- thats true, how dare anyone use language differently from the GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🔥🔥🔥
I've said this before, I'll say this again. news@lemmy.world, worldnews@lemmy.world, and politics@lemmy.world (all of which are run by roughly the same group of mods), is a growing cancer in the fediverse.

Alternatives: !world@quokk.au !globalnews@lemmy.zip
- Some other news communities:
  
  !news@beehaw.org - not available to people on Lemmy.World or sh.itjust.works
  
  !upliftingnews@lemmy.world - still Lemmy.World but different mods and focus
They removed a comment essentially saying "I'm Canadian" as misinformation? Do Canadians not exist?
- Canada is a country made up for the comedy TV series Letterkenny.
  
  FUCKING EMBARRASSING!
- Canadians are a hoax perpetrated by the Scottish to sell cold weather.
  
  I mean, just listen to that accent. Clearly made up.
- jordanlund knows a truth we aren’t strong enough to accept, clearly
  
  Ugh, I knew it'd be Jordanlund before I saw the instance. I like them as a fellow forum user, but they should NOT be moderating anything. They remove comments they disagree with and use the moderation reason as a "you're wrong and my opinion is the final word now" field. Absolutely bullshit.
- Come on don’t tell me you believe they’re real? No one can survive weather that cold. It’s an obvious fairy tail.
- Now they know how i feel as an aussie. If im an actor wheres my paycheck.
  
  How bad must it be for New Zealanders? Their entire country doesn't exist.
- Now they don't!
- Don't tell me, you still believe in Canada 🤣
  
  I've often stood in the south shore of Lake Superior, straining my eyes, wondering what's on the other side of that vast expanse of water. They say that's where Canada is. I've never seen it, I don't think it actually exists
As usual,

!world@quokk.au

!globalnews@lemmy.zip
- *bin-friendly links:
  
  !world@quokk.au !globalnews@lemmy.zip
- I had a Turkish news post that I translated REMOVED
  
  will post them in here from now on
- Thanks for consistently sharing those two links.
  
  We should probably make an announcement somewhere at some point, so that they become known once and for all
PTB + CML (with respect to Canadian politics) on this one I think.
- i concur.
  
  fine to be clueless on occasion, i myself have been that way at many points. not fine to be unwilling to do 5 seconds of research before ~~banning~~ removing for misinformation.
"misinformation" shouldn't be a removable rule lol, unless it's about a specific conspiracy, misinformation can be wrongly enforced due to one ignorance. This is no different than tankie bs.
- As a Canadian, no lol
  
  One dumb mod doesn't make or break the need for misinformation to be removed

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