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#FediBlock newsie.social for allowing prominent far-right outlet Newsmax to open an account on their server.
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Emmanuel Florac
Emmanuel Florac  
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Blanket censorship? for ONE account? Are you nuts?
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Emmanuel Florac There’s a famous German saying that goes like this: If you have a table of 1 Nazi and 9 people willing to speak with them, you have a table of 10 Nazis.

I’m done giving them the benefit of the doubt regarding a literal death cult.
@Emmanuel Florac
Emmanuel Florac
Emmanuel Florac  
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I've just had a look at newsie feed : 100% leftist, green activism, etc.

WTF people?
Raroun
Raroun  
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@Emmanuel Florac
Just have a look at the Newsmax official Site.
Their content is faaar beyond normal thinking humans.
@Emmanuel Florac
Emmanuel Florac
Emmanuel Florac  
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@Raroun looks like an ordinary right-wing US outlet. Labelling it 'nazi" seems definitely out of proportion. When everything is "nazi", then nothing is anymore.
@Raroun
Emmanuel Florac
Emmanuel Florac  
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@Raroun then at what point does opinions are too much right wing to have the right to be expressed in the Fediverse? Serious question. Most fediverse nodes are 99% hard-left wing, newsie.social included. Please explain like I'm 5 because I really don't get it.
@Raroun
Raroun
Raroun  
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@Emmanuel Florac
1. no one labeled them nazi
2. common sense
3. fake news, lies and spreading hate
Just look at the first article on Newsmax.
@Emmanuel Florac
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Emmanuel Florac They are too far right for me, which is a good reason for me to post to #FediBlock. You make what you want of this suggestion, but I certainly won’t retract it because you personally are fine with Newsmax content. Beyond the political content (siding with Trump and Putin), the form is inflammatory and meant to stir fights rather than debates. It is the proverbial bad apple that will spoil the bunch and that warrants a FediBlock suggestion.
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Emmanuel Florac
Emmanuel Florac  
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Looking at newsie feed : 1rst post on woodworking. Next a post calling for a boycott of Twitter. A post denouncing Total shareholder's meeting and the police treatment of the protesters. A post denouncing fossil fuels in Switzerland. A post to call to vote for progressive candidates in the US. An anarchist posting against ChatGPT. A post against trumpism. Posts about the fediverse, Linux, etc. 100% leftist.

A search on "Newsmax" returns nothing but an account on mastodon.world.
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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The Newsmax account doesn’t seem to be available anymore, I retract my #FediBlock suggestion for newsie.social.

Reference: https://newsie.social/@newsmax
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