ML has just as much of a right to ban political dissidents from their comms as any other instance. Explicitly leftist instances exist for a reason and you don’t have to interact with them if you don’t agree.
I think the problem is that .ml doesn’t market itself as a leftist instance (anymore), and there’s nothing in the instance rules to imply that non-M-L aren’t allowed.
From what I’ve seen, if there’s even a slightly annoyed tone in the dissenting comment or post, they ban for rule 2, even if there’s another person in the thread screaming at them calling them all kinds of nonsense (but with the “correct” political opinion). Being disrespectful on .ml is fine, if you’re saying the right things.
If the person is incredibly polite, they often ban for rule 1 anyway.
Fair, I don’t see anywhere that they are explicitly marxist or leftist (though I feel like that should be obvious by the name). They do however, linked immediately above the screenshot you posted, state that they are not a liberal instance and don’t want to be. They also state that they would like to see another instance take on the role of a mainstream, liberal instance. I think it is extremely unfair to expect lemmy.ml to cater to liberals when they explicitly state that their instance is not a liberal instance.
edit: link to the post: https://lemmy.ml/post/70280 (it can be found linked on their sidebar immediately above their rules)
They do on the “about us” link. Although it is also somewhat euphemized.
I’m guessing they don’t want the negative connotations of writing “dissenting opinions will be censored”, so they just kind of allude to it and use loosely defined rules as needed.
I think the problem is that .ml doesn’t market itself as a leftist instance (anymore), and there’s nothing in the instance rules to imply that non-M-L aren’t allowed.
From what I’ve seen, if there’s even a slightly annoyed tone in the dissenting comment or post, they ban for rule 2, even if there’s another person in the thread screaming at them calling them all kinds of nonsense (but with the “correct” political opinion). Being disrespectful on .ml is fine, if you’re saying the right things.
If the person is incredibly polite, they often ban for rule 1 anyway.
Fair, I don’t see anywhere that they are explicitly marxist or leftist (though I feel like that should be obvious by the name). They do however, linked immediately above the screenshot you posted, state that they are not a liberal instance and don’t want to be. They also state that they would like to see another instance take on the role of a mainstream, liberal instance. I think it is extremely unfair to expect lemmy.ml to cater to liberals when they explicitly state that their instance is not a liberal instance.
edit: link to the post: https://lemmy.ml/post/70280 (it can be found linked on their sidebar immediately above their rules)
It’s literally in the tld. Did you think it’s an instance for Mali enthusiasts?
They used to market themselves as a leftist instance, but for some reason they’ve made it less clear later on.
I figured the domain was a leftover from the past.
They do on the “about us” link. Although it is also somewhat euphemized.
I’m guessing they don’t want the negative connotations of writing “dissenting opinions will be censored”, so they just kind of allude to it and use loosely defined rules as needed.