According to the .ml tankies latest propaganda now it was a "Diplomatic Maneuver" not an invasion OR a "special military operation"

Just a prank, really.

This same person thinks that the only troops that EU countries are actually capable of deploying are the combined EU Battlegroups, I think they're just allergic to numbers whenever military topics come up

Sorry man, world war 1/2 troop numbers or nothing at all. Your choice.

Lol from time to time I think about that early Q TNG episode where Q puts humanity on trial (the first time) and one of his "exhibits" was when "humanity controlled their militaries with drugs"

I laughed it off years ago as a "yea right, like that'll happen" now...I'm not so sure lolol

Excellent! Lol just FYI though for you and anyone else who see, instance blocks should be more thought of as a mute rather than an actual block, .ml users can still see your posts and comments and interact with them (i.e. downvote brigade, talk shit) you just won't be able to see it

If you want to have a bit of fun and get an instance block that actually works you should try speed running a site ban LMAO

Same. Immediate QOL improvement.

I think the USMC determined like 600,000 would have been required if Russia had intended to fully occupy Ukraine.

Of course, they 'only' intended to remove the democratically elected government and occupy Ukraine with the help of a Vichy regime, much better. How many Russian troops are dedicated to the Ukrainian War right now, btw?

Why do you need to boycott instances?

To reduce their power and influence and encourage more "decentralized" postings. A big reason why other instances defed from the rest of the Triad but not .ml is because "some of the biggest comms are on there". It should be up to the instance admins and the community under them to decide who and when to defederate and they shouldnt be "forced" to maintain federation with a toxic instance just because big comms and traffic is on there

.ml is also a problem because it's the admins and mods enforcing a certain narrative, we're not talking about an instance that just isn't taking care of rouge users or something

A better idea is to let people know what they are saying, bring it out in the open

That's what this comm is for, multiple approaches can be taken at a time

not by trying to ban opinions or misinformation.

"A lie crosses the globe while the truth is getting its shoes on", you wouldn't be saying the same thing I bet if there was a literal Nazi instance trying to spread their "opinions"

Opinions are fine if you're allowed to criticize them as well, but .ml does not allow that. It's also good to ban actual toxic misinformation and propaganda.

What makes you think these people haven't already heard every argument against their behavior, and stick to it anyway? This is generally the case. When tankies say stuff like this they are regularly argued with, their logic challenged, their "facts" challenged. If it happens on their turf they remove comments, and ban people, if it doesn't they just argue until the other person realizes they are, effectively, talking to a rock, or until the tankie tires, or hits a wall they can't make an argument to get past, and they stop. You see the same names, over and over. They are evangelicals for authoritarian communism, and campist, blind, support for anything, as long as it is in opposition to western countries. The most blatant acts of imperialism are currently being executed by russia, yet they claim these are self defense, diplomatic measures, acts of desperate necessity, anything other than admitting they are just exercising imperial hard power, and trying to annex as much of neighboring countries as they can.

Mate, we're here for fun. You're making someone do homework.

With a username like that, I’m sure this comment is in good faith.