!Europe Mod Team

Hi, we’re @Anzo (/a), @federalreverse (/f), and @poVoq (/p)!

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Cake day: April 9th, 2025
  • !Europe Mod Team@feddit.orgMtoEurope@feddit.org•Israel says it is keeping Rima Hassan because hostage taking is only wrong when Hamas does itEnglish
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    7 months ago

    The site is satire, just look at the archive of their posts (e.g. “Hamas offers to negotiate peace between […]”

    Even if there are “facts” that are the base for the article, we’d have to remove it. I am only keeping it here so that y’all know THIS IS WRONG. OP will get a ban for 7 days.

    From the site “About” section, last paragraph:

    Normal Island News is a politically-neutral publication which is why it simps so hard for Liz Truss. You will be pleased to know it is a registered charity so the four billionaires who fund it can deduct their contributions from their tax returns. With a 42% reliability rating, it is considered the most accurate newsletter in existence. You should sign up today so that you never miss an article, it will change your life forever x

    • Anzo
  • !Europe Mod Team@feddit.orgMtoEurope@feddit.org•I may be new here, but why is c/Europe all about IsraelEnglish
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    7 months ago

    The problem is that people is unable to find where to put their despair (in this case, support for Palestine) to real and concrete action. So, instead of joining Red Cross or something, they come here to fight the moderation team (i.e. calling us Nazis or assuming we support EU nations giving weapons to a state that’s been accused of genocide). This is because we happened to draw a line as to “how” you should criticize Zionism.

    • anzo
  • !Europe Mod Team@feddit.orgMtoEurope@feddit.org•Minister: Finland plans to change its track gauge to European standardEnglish
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    8 months ago

    @mriswith@lemmy.world It would indeed be great if you could avoid throwing around such accusations. There surely is a time & a place for such but …

    1. From my outsider’s POV, I don’t know if I agree with the argument that this is just a diversion measure. However, politicians regularly perform media-attention sleight of hand of that sort, so it’s imo at least a somewhat credible argument.
    2. If you do notice a pattern, it would be great if you could DM this mod account first.

    Thanks!

    (This comment written by federal reverse, not anzo.)

  • !Europe Mod Team@feddit.orgMtoEurope@feddit.org•German AfD Party Categorized as Extremist by Security AgencyEnglish
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    8 months ago

    “Exclusion of the right extremists”? you mean like, when the conservatives formed a coalition with them?

    What do you think will now happen? AfD will just disappear? East Germany will suddenly vote for conservatives or leftist?

    You didn’t exactly try to answer the question by @bennypr0fane there … making this part of your response seem a little disingenuous:

    and it is funny that people don’t get it and just downvote me instead of engaging in a discussion

    (Fwiw, I agree, acting on underlying issues such as social issues is really important. However, another one of the underlying issues is state financing of their propaganda, and that is now much easier to stop.)

    /f

  • !Europe Mod Team@feddit.orgMtoEurope@feddit.org•Democratic freedoms at risk as Germany’s new government prioritises support for Israel.English
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    9 months ago

    but can I ask if this is the stance of feddit.org or just this community?

    Quote from the feddit.org sidebar:

    Content that is illegal in Germany, Austria or Switzerland will be deleted and can lead to an immediate ban of the account.

    Unfortunately I’ll have to block any group that requires complicity to genocide by ignoring the elephant in the room.

    I don’t know what you regard as the elephant in the room.

    You can apply the word “genocide” to the Gaza war here (although so far, legally, we are at “suspected genocide”). You can also call Netanyahu “corrupt” or a “war criminal”. You can call Smotrich a “fascist”.

    But if to you, calling out the elephant in the room hinges on saying stuff like “x politician is literally Hitler”, “y city is literally Auschwitz” or “z war action is literally Holocaust”, then it may indeed be best to refrain from posting on this server. Besides legalities, I find all of these examples not helpful in understanding reality, because usually all the details are different. They’re also in bad taste, given the large number of Jewish victims of historical Nazi reign. And I’d question your motivation for saying these things.

    Final thing: You may also not question the statehood of Israel. I.e., no discussing “one-state solutions”. But this is not a Mid-East community anyway.

    /f

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