Ah, it could be, yes. But I quickly checked a few popular instances and looks like OP was banned on many. For example: dbzero (profile), lemmy.world (profile), piefed.social (profile, no such user), lemmy.zip (profile).

So these post wasn’t visible to many, yet still downvoted (I assume mostly by local users). Some may argue that all sources are biased - I agree. However, the articles OP posted wasn’t good. For example, you can check my other comment under a similar post from the OP: https://lemmy.ml/post/44675222/24621308.

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Weren’t posts from RT and TASS downvoted even on ML?

I’ll assume whatever media source that confirms my bias is trustworthy

Why are you making up what I think?

PBS, NPR, CSPAN, VoA, RadioFree, etc

I realized that I wrote “state media” when I meant “state-owned.” The media you listed are state-funded, while TASS is state-owned. But that’s not the point. I’m not a native speaker, so sometimes what I say might not be entirely clear. I’m saying that some sources are worse than others. I don’t like TASS or RT, similar to the mentioned Fox News - you can see my comment above as an example of why.

I know this. I just don’t think state-controlled media is much different from corporate media under oligarchy. US don’t have state media (edit: state-owned, not just state-funded) as far as I know, but if they were, those media would simply change bias toward the ruling party.

I mentioned Fox News because they feel similar in spirit: conservative and usually not trustworthy.

In my comment below, I explained what happens to Ukrainians in those territories. To put it short, they lose their homes and have to evacuate somewhere else within Ukraine (they can’t leave the country or cross the front line). Did Russia provide any help to those poor souls? No. Is this what is called “freeing”?

I’m not a westerner. But TASS and RT are like Fox News in the US. Those are simply bad sources.

Well, this is what those “liberated” cities look like:

And dwellers of those cities can’t just cross the frontline and start living in Russia. They only can evacuate deeper into Ukraine because otherwise they won’t survive. And Ukrainian government doesn’t build new houses for them. They give them a bit of money (but you won’t be able to afford rent), and sometimes they offer quickly built barracks (trust me, you wouldn’t want to live there). So I doubt you would find any of those “liberated” people happy.

If that’s not enough, Russia also bombs electricity infrastructure in winter (it’s a high demand season). Because of this, people across the country suffer from electricity outages. Imagine having only 3 hours of electricity per day (that’s how it was in Odessa about a month ago). It’s also quite cold in here. I’m not sure what Russia’s strategy is, maybe they’re trying to destroy the country’s economy or hurt manufacturing abilities, but it’s simply inhumane. Regular people suffer a lot because of it.

What I’m trying to say is that it’s not about liberating people. Many Ukrainians hate their government, especially after TCR gone wild (it’s like ICE, but much worse), and recent corruption scandals tied to Zelensky’s inner circle. But it’s replacing one shitty government with another. Russia is also corrupt, half of the internet is banned, you can’t even access YouTube or popular Matrix servers, and LGBTQ is illegal (also, every time it’s mentioned it’s labeled with “the LGBT movement is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia” - here you can see this in a TASS article for example).

For example, it’s when they talk about how they’re “liberating” Ukrainian people. Here are some of the recent posts from the OP:

• Russian troops liberate Aleksandrovka community in Donetsk region over past day
• Russian troops liberate two communities in Ukraine operation over past day — top brass
• Russian army liberates settlement of Golubovka in DPR

Do they oppose the US? Sure. But are they freeing Ukrainian people? Hell no - they’ve been suffering for 4 years.

It’s like saying “America is just helping Iranian people to overthrow their government”. They don’t care about Iranian people at all.

I don’t think sources like TASS are any different.

Here some non-western source free from the empire

Looks inside

pro-Russia propaganda

Related post from YPTB: https://lemmy.ml/post/44625171

Also your posts from TASS and RT downvoted on ML as well.

My first thought was Advanced Encryption Standard 😅

Did they defederate from PieFed as well?

Edits: looks like it’s only about Feddit: https://lemmy.ml/post/42987909

Secondly you’ve not provided any proof that Zelensky is a “gangster”

I think Cowbee said “Kiev is a gangster state with immense corruption” which is a bit different.

For almost 2 years, people have been violently kidnapped from the streets, thanks to this totally non-gangster state, after they loosened the laws (which Zelensky signed, BTW). For example, here (violence warning!) is a yesterday video from Odessa. And we get video like this every day. It’s like ICE in US, but much worse because people can’t protest against it due to ongoing war.

And recently we had a ton of corruption scandals tied to Zelensky’s inner circle. You can just scroll below, someone already linked.

but it isn’t a “hardcode”

But you showed a constant with the words. Even if you can disable this, I’d call it a “hardcoded list”.

I think what the commenter above is trying to say is that they are getting tired of seeing Lemmy users pointing fingers at each other. Most of us are clearly passionate about FOSS and hate capitalism. Otherwise, why would we have joined Lemmy?

All these “tankies” and “libs” have lost all meaning. Many times, I’ve seen people simply make up shit from both sides about what libs/tankies think, and then just make fun of it. It’s not productive.

I’m not talking about you. I think your replies are very reasonable. But I think I can relate to the commenter’s feelings.