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Re:First release of LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board writ... by geek_at on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:44PM (#33443313)
> before political ideology got in the way

you mean the guy who uses che guevara as profile picture on github has some strong political views?

Re:First release of LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board writ... by cocoricamo on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @06:11PM (#33443628)
Not only one but two. The first dude has Che Guevara and the other one Fidel Castro.

I bet they'd be all riled up if someone used Mussolini or Franco as their profile picture.

Re:First release of LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board writ... by bee_rider on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:37PM (#33446222)
They are open about not being interested in working with or federating with far-right groups, you don't have to make a bet.
Re:First release of LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board writ... by cocoricamo on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @11:14PM (#33446543)
It was a comment on the irony of their profile pictures.

It shouldn't be acceptable to glorify neither of: Hitler, Franco, Mussolini, Mao, Stalin, Fidel, Guevara, Hussein, Pinochet, Ceaucescu, Gaddafi, etc.

My point is that authoritarian murderers are authoritarian murderers no matter their political affiliation and should not be glorified. You can be against one extreme without supporting the other.

Re:First release of LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board writ... by moshin on Thursday November 03, 2022 @09:11AM (#33450415)
you forgot to include Bush.
Re:First release of LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board writ... by cocoricamo on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:22PM (#33453391)
Too many people to list.

Although I'd say the tag kind of fits, but Bush is in another category. All the people I mentioned had in common the persecution, imprisonment and execution of their own people at a massive level and maintained power by force. Bush went after other countries and was voted out in the end.

Re:First release of LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board writ... by Nasreddin_Hodja on Saturday November 05, 2022 @05:23AM (#33479574)
> It shouldn't be acceptable to glorify

Profile pictures are not necessary used for glorification. It often used for trolling also, especially on classic forums.

Re:First release of LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board writ... by s0l1dsnak3123 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @09:04AM (#33450329)
What a ridiculous false equivalence to make.
Re:First release of LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board writ... by cocoricamo on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:21PM (#33453380)
They were almost the same in their practices, just happened to have different political ideas and better propaganda.
Re:First release of LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board writ... by friend_and_foe on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @06:17PM (#33443687)
Fidel Castro, but yeah. And that's him watering it down for the public.