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The DM was a DM asking us to change our no tankies policy and remove the fuck tankies banner as it was apparently upsetting hexbear users. Apparently tankies view the word tankie as a form of slur. The admin wants us to ally as a form of "left solidarity"

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That “smooth brained” shit also should fall under ableism honestly

It does. I've removed the post and banned the user

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago
[–] StalinwasaGryffindor@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

It's definitely removed on this end. It's possible the removal didn't federate properly?