Rule 1 is the lemmy.ml instance wide rule “officially” against bigotry, but unofficially and in practice, it’s their catchall Rule for any speech they don’t personally like i.e. speech critical of Russia/CCP/NK etc
It is precisely, exactly the same tactic as ‘any criticism of the actions of the Israeli government and/or Zionists that support them = you are a Jew hating antisemite.’
What is rule 1?
Rule 1 is the lemmy.ml instance wide rule “officially” against bigotry, but unofficially and in practice, it’s their catchall Rule for any speech they don’t personally like i.e. speech critical of Russia/CCP/NK etc
You see, criticism of China = sinophobia = bigotry = rule 1. Easy.
It is precisely, exactly the same tactic as ‘any criticism of the actions of the Israeli government and/or Zionists that support them = you are a Jew hating antisemite.’
“Picking quarrels and provoking trouble”.
https://chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dictionary/picking-quarrels-and-provoking-trouble/
So basically chinese disorderly conduct
I got rule 1d for saying “BING CHILLING”
That was the entire comment.