Until the rule is removed, any new posts about US politics will be removed.

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    I’m for making a megathread for people who really want to talk about it here but I genuinely don’t understand why you’re upset you can’t talk about US politics everywhere in the platform. There are tons of communities for that. AskLemmy is for

    open-ended, thought provoking questions

    Instead, most US related posts are for venting and complaining. See these communities instead:

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    And dozens of similar communities on other instances. It’s not censorship to ask you to go to use the proper channels, not everyone here wants to see US news everywhere.

    • @Usernameblankface
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      715 days ago

      Thank you for responding with a redirect instead of a shut-down.

    • @[email protected]
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      It’d be different if the instance was actually crowded and overrun, but it isn’t. The instance gets like 20 posts on a good day.

    • @[email protected]
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      upset you can’t talk about US politics everywhere in the platform

      I’m upset that a moderator believes that banning the discussion of a major national / international event is healthy for the community. I could understand that for a niche community like Music but not one of the most popular general purpose ones. There’s no reason this should be banned other than a personal preference. This informs me that the moderators of this community are not interested in an open platform for genuine discussion.

      • @[email protected]
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        I’m not from the US and my Lemmy feed has been absolutely FLOODED with US political news for MONTHS. Yesterday’s vote was the bushel that broke the camel’s back, and I definitely understand non-political communities not wanting to be even more flooded with US politics than they already are.

        Go complain about your broken country in politics-oriented communities, please, and let us talk about other, less despair-inducing subjects.

        • @pressanykeynow
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          315 days ago

          my Lemmy feed has been absolutely FLOODED with US political news for MONTHS

          Damn I’m so glad that propaganda flow that for some reason was even allowed in most of Lemmy will stop now.

        • @[email protected]
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          -215 days ago

          Remember your words when Netanyahu bombs Gaza and people want to ask the community about it.

          Just because YOU don’t want to hear about something doesn’t mean en entire community should BAN discussion of it. It’s absolutely bonkers that anyone can rationalize this position.

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      -1215 days ago

      How is the American presidential choice of picking 80 year old sociopath Donald Trump not a thought provoking issue?

      But sure. Let’s focus on why Bananas are yellow.