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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 19:33:28 JST Aral Balkan

   It’s quite sad that

   a) we have a default Mastodon instance
   b) the default Mastodon instance is pro-genocide

   #fediverse #mastodon #mastodonSocial #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 19:36:13 JST Aral Balkan

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     • mat :mastodon:

     @mat On Mars.

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     mat :mastodon: (mat@zelk.space)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 19:36:15 JST mat :mastodon:

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     @aral where have you seen this?

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 19:42:21 JST Aral Balkan

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     • mat :mastodon:

     @mat So it’s not rude to expect me to do the search for you instead of doing it yourself? Ok, pal, sure.

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     mat :mastodon: (mat@zelk.space)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 19:42:23 JST mat :mastodon:

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     @aral no need to be rude, I haven't seen the posts or the thing you're talking about

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 20:10:30 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Douwe

     @douwe 1. See screenshot
     2. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/34747

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     Douwe (douwe@waag.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 20:10:31 JST Douwe

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     @aral [citation needed]

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 20:25:04 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     • Douwe

     @aral Your claim was

     > b) the default Mastodon instance is pro-genocide

     The 2) link you posted has no such content or hint of it (only vague accusations that some moderators might have done something without any details) Instead you block people for asking honest question, and refuse to give a straight answer.

     mastodon.social might have problems, but labeling a whole group in this manner is the same thing that Netanyahu is doing; do better.

     @douwe

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     Dźwiedziu (dzwiedziu@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 20:25:32 JST Dźwiedziu

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     • mat :mastodon:

     @aral
     Please don't move the burden of proof.
     I don't want to explain that not all users see all posts, blocks, policies, interpretations, know what terms to use, etc.

     Also being pro-genocide is usually not labeled as “pro-genocide”. Bonus hardness points for dog whistles.

     If it's a post or instance not being moderated, then show it so our reports may blot out the sun. Things like \#fediblock are there for a reason.

     For me moving instances will be a high-effort process, so I need good »

     @mat

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     Dźwiedziu (dzwiedziu@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 20:25:35 JST Dźwiedziu

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     • mat :mastodon:

     @aral
     « reasons. And I have seen too many allegations without receipts to be comfortable with such.

     Edit: clicking on #fediblock led me to your post, that was written 2h ago. Will read and act accordingly.

     https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/114629930542352304

     Edit 2: the offending post is down, but not the user. Is this the bar of being pro-genocide? Asking quite seriously, especially I don't know if there is anything going on in the moderation background.

     @mat

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     Ciourte Piaille (ciourte@piaille.fr)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 20:25:53 JST Ciourte Piaille

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     • mat :mastodon:

     @aral @mat
     I'm hesitant to get involved, but I think asking for the source supporting a statement or the trigger(s) for a reaction is not the same as asking you to do the research for them.

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     MisterMultiverse (mistermultiverse@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 20:36:06 JST MisterMultiverse

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     I have only seen the opposite. I am directly opposed to genocide and will be out of here if I see pro statements.
     I'm also disappointed every time I see an x/twitter/threads post here.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 20:36:06 JST Aral Balkan

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     • MisterMultiverse

     @MisterMultiverse It’s not about whether you see pro statements, it’s about whether anti statements are censored. And they are.

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     Tariq (rzeta0@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 20:38:33 JST Tariq

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     • Alfred M. Szmidt
     • Douwe

     @amszmidt @aral @douwe

     I'm one of the people that Mastodon-social has removed posts for speaking out against the genocide.

     There are many other cases too.

     I'm sorry I'm not aware of a database of such instances, but if you've been here following the issues, you will have seen for yourself.

     Mastodon-social in particular is badly behaved on this, and people tell me it is because it is a German instance or the admin are German and Germany has a particularly irrational stance on genocide.

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     Tariq (rzeta0@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 20:42:48 JST Tariq

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     • Douwe

     @douwe @aral

     I am one of the people who has had posts taken down by mastodon-social.

     And there are too many others too.

     Mastodon-social is particularly badly behaved on this - I'm told because it is German and they have an irrational stance on genocide.

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 20:58:14 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     • Tariq
     • Douwe

     @rzeta0 And so have I. My posts have not been removed. One post removed is not the same as a whole site being for something.

     @aral @douwe

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     Tariq (rzeta0@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 21:23:05 JST Tariq

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     • Douwe

     @douwe @aral

     Alfred replied to say "one post removed is not the same as a whole site being for something"

     then he blocked me

     he probably realised he revealed himself

     this is what we deal with every other damn day - weirdos who defend Israel based on nothing more intellectually honest than pure prejudice

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     Cheddar Goblin (cheddar_goblin@beige.party)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 21:29:05 JST Cheddar Goblin

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     @aral And if you switch, do not move to another German-hosted server, you'll just run into the same bullshit.

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 22:24:42 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     • Blue Emu
     • Douwe

     @blueemu Still no evidence that mastodon.social is pro-genocide only ad hominem attack and insults. *plonk*

     @aral @douwe

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     Blue Emu (blueemu@shakedown.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jun-2025 22:24:43 JST Blue Emu

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     • Alfred M. Szmidt
     • Douwe

     @amszmidt @aral @douwe

     "labeling a whole group in this manner is the same thing that Netanyahu is doing"

     Congratulations, you have said the stupidest fucking thing on the Internet. "Protesting genocide is the same thing as committing one" is some deeply liberal brain-wormed shit.