a community dedicated to keep an eye on censorship, on all lemmy instances
I'm not posting here to argue politics, so I will abstain from replying to your political views.
This is about the removal of comments (not just mine, either - several other people's in one of the threads I linked) and banning of anyone who disagrees with specific views, when those comments do not otherwise contain rule-breaking violations, aka no personal attacks or insults.
Do you think such removal and banning is justified or helpful? If, for example, your comment here was removed and you were banned from participation, would it encourage you to change your mind? Would you reconsider your views? I am willing to bet it will not.
If you disagree with someone's opinion, feel free to downvote it, and block the user. You are not required to argue against every single person who you disagree with. However, by removal and banning, the mods have removed the possibility of anyone engaging in further actual discussion.
And if that is something you disagree with (meaning you think the mods are correct in removing such comments and banning the users) then you are fundamentally pro-censorship - censorship which is a huge step in helping spread propaganda.
Imagine if all the comments you make online were pasted onto billboards along the interstate near your house.
You make a lot of very toxic and inflammatory comments.
You need to get some therapy, log off the internet, go outside and touch grass.
Politics has rotted your brain.