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the mod said they will unban him if he remove the post in /r/viking

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 158 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

"God": Based. Cool. Trad. The foundation of Western Civilization. Protected by the first amendment. Maybe we'd all be a little better of we honored him more.

"God" but in Arabic: Extremist. Scary. Woke. A corrupting influence on the global politics. Clear and present danger. We need to expunge it from our nation and the world.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 50 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

That applies to pretty much every arabic word.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 46 points 4 weeks ago

Or dildos that look Arabic...

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 31 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not just limited to Arabic words: Arabic Numbers are scary, too....

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 34 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

"72% of Americans say children shouldn't be taught Arabic numerals in school."

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[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 31 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait to they find out about Arabic numbers and start banning upvotes and downvotes

[–] Boo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 weeks ago

In Germany someone trolled a mayor candidate of one of the Nazi parties with that. He fell for it

https://www.politico.eu/article/far-right-german-candidate-promises-to-get-rid-of-arabic-numerals

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 129 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Reddit is embracing the new christofascist dictatorship.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 99 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Islamophobia still get a pass on the internet. Especially on Reddit.

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 4 weeks ago

it very much also gets a pass IRL

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 50 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Disgusting and such a clear example of the damage we do to another when we accept the all encompassing conditions of corporate social media without resistance.

When a social media website is being run for profit, this kind of shockingly ugly simplification of "foreign" ideas (Islam is NOT foreign to the US) is inveitable. In order to monetize at scale, the system demands this degree of ignorance, it is not optional nor an unintended side effect it is rather how "we" ensure the "right" history is recorded as a racist, xenophobic society choking to death on its own bigotry.

It is the same situation with mainstream corporate news. The more money you add, the more practiced and willful ignorance you get.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 44 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Nah this isn’t corporate influence, it’s just plain old bigotry and racism. This smells strongly of “brown religion bad”.

A lot of Americans fell victim to this after 9/11 and it never went away. Anything Muslim is terrorism. I doubt most of them even know that allah is just the name they use for their god, and certainly not that it’s the same god as the Christian god.

[–] Jilanico@lemmy.world 27 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

allah is just the name they use for their god

Christian Arabs use this name for God as well

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

This smells strongly of “brown religion bad”.

Jesus was a brown, middle eastern, palestinian jew.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem

[–] natecox@programming.dev 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes I am aware, but good luck convincing white Christians of that.

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[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 46 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Lots of overlap between ‘viking enthusiasts’ and white supremacists unfortunately. This specifically seems more christofascist but obviously lots of overlap there too.

https://www.norwegianamerican.com/viking-symbols-stolen-racists/

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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 43 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Remove it so they unban you.

Post it again, and add all this history too.

Immediately unsubscribe from their shit sub.

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[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (6 children)

Mods are always the actual dumbest most power tripping little fuckers. (InB4 banned from this com)

Edit: This is actually just straight up racist / xenophobic the more I think about it.

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[–] Boo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 4 weeks ago (10 children)

The most absurd about this imo. is that Arabic is considered promoting terrorism, but Vikings are not.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 4 weeks ago

1000 year old? How dare this dude threaten us with scary Arabic numerals

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 34 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

reddit must be going hard on the anti-palestine rhetoric. if the mods wont ban you, the site filters would eventually. im seeing quite alot of shadowbannings that dont make sense.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

Reddit has always been a fascist shithole... At least since the state murdered aaron...

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[–] limonade@jlai.lu 29 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I wonder how this guy would react to the existance of the Arabic Christians.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 27 points 4 weeks ago

What dipshits.

[–] Nangijala 26 points 4 weeks ago (13 children)

The most incredible thing was that the guy got a reply from a mod. That never happened to me when I got banned from subs.

One thing I learned from reddit is that if you breathe wrong, you will get permabanned and accused of racism and if you try and argue your case, you will be ignored.

I don't miss that site.

Your friend's rings look really nice btw.

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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 26 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

This made me realize that, throughout basically all of Viking history, Islam was already a thing. Curious.

[–] koetje78@feddit.nl 30 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

"Allah" is also simply the Arabic word for God, and was actually also used there before Islam.

Although there could be further clues that link these rings to Islam, of course.

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, "Allah" is what Lebanese, Syrian, and other Arab Christians have called their Christian God as well.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 24 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Reddit sucks ass, and not in a good way.

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[–] ILoveDurians@lemmy.cafe 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Mod didn't even hesitate to go full mask off there. Bloody hell

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[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 24 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

I got reddit ban once for saying that some paedophiles are so bad, that lots of people think they should get the death penalty.

Community ban from r/unitedkingdom, followed swiftly by...

Reddit is a vast network of communities that are created, run, and populated by people all over the world. In order to keep communities welcoming, safe, and great places to be, everyone who uses the platform operates by a shared set of rules.

Permanently banned for hate

Reddit is moderated by the worst people in the world.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 22 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

A shitty mod that should lose their mod status and/or have the sub suspended temporarily.

  1. Doesn't give a warning, just goes straight to a ban. Lazy mod.
  2. Says the words "for allah" promotes terrorism. I'm critical of Islam but even I wouldn't make such an obviously bigoted claim.
[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 22 points 4 weeks ago (9 children)

Its not even Islamic, arab-speaking Christians say they worship Allah too, its literally just a translation.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 22 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

I got shadow banned from the entire site for making a popular post about diy Luigi prayer candles on witches vs patriarchy.

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[–] CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one 22 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (7 children)

I got banned from the entirety of reddit a couple days ago for daring to say that people on the NYC subway should stand up for themselves against a violent thug who attacked a sleeping passenger for tik tok, so I'm not really surprised. And I can't even prove that's what I was banned for since they deleted my comment LOL

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[–] vxx@lemmy.world 22 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

The Moderators of a viking themed subreddit being racists? No way!

[–] bravesentry@feddit.org 24 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

they weren´t banned from r/viking, only from imadethis, if i read correctly.

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[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Such hypocrites. If it was about God or Jesus, no problem. Reddit hates people having different opinions. They prefer bots instead.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 20 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If it was about God

The irony of this is that Allah literally means God.

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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 19 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Allah is known in Christianity as God the Father, part of Trinity. Being an Abrahamic religion, Islam simply expands on Christianity, while describing much the same characters.

Except Muslims do not recognize the Trinity as a thing; God the Holy Spirit is to them Archangel Gabriel, and Jesus (Isa) is a prophet, not a Son of God.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's the same god ffs! Allah and god the father are the same person.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 16 points 4 weeks ago (18 children)

Are they the same three people though?

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Reddit and Islamophobia name a better combo

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[–] tim@infosec.pub 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I regularly write my God's name on things. It's an ancient Polynesian God, Fu'Ksa'Kes

It's important to be respectful for fu'ksa'kes

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[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Allah

Etymologically, the name Allah is probably a contraction of the Arabic al-Ilāh, “the God.” The name’s origin can be traced to the earliest Semitic writings in which the word for god was il, el, or eloah, the latter two used in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Allah is the standard Arabic word for God and is used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews as well as by Muslims. The association of the word specifically with Islam comes from the special status of Arabic as the language of Islam’s holy scripture, the Qurʾān: since the Qurʾān in its original language is considered to be the literal word of God, it is believed that God described himself in the Arabic language as Allāh (which is written as الله). The Arabic word thus holds special significance for Muslims, regardless of their native tongue, because the Arabic word was spoken by God himself.

[–] redditexcommunicado@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Check out my handle people. I was permabanned because a mod form one of the subs had a personal vendetta against me, he or she ended up reporting me to Reddit HQ citing racism when I had a civil and celebrated comment on the sub. The topic was regarding poverty as an identity amongst young people in my country, obviously I got permabanned so I decided to leave Reddit as a whole, since the Reddit mods do not want to establish any kind of conversation so I could explain the situation in a better way. I was a 17 year active user as well, I am sure the mod who banned me was not even there when I signed up.

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