In the recent Lemmy developer update, there's a reference to one Lemmy developer, SleeplessOne1917.

I found some horrifying comments from this user.

https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2649200 - "There is no such thing as an Israeli civilian. All settlers are valid targets."

https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2649472 - "15 year olds are military age. That makes them valid targets for killing."

https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2649732 - "… There is no such thing as a zionoid civilian. Everything that moves and isn’t Palestinian is a valid target. …"

Webarchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20231009171047/https://lemmy.ml/u/CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml

Edit: New comment from the user "Cry more. Israelis need to be eliminated. Death to Israel, and death to Amerikkka!"

https://web.archive.org/web/20231009171510/https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2592588

https://web.archive.org/web/20231009171739/https://lemmygrad.ml/post/750810

https://web.archive.org/web/20231009171907/https://lemmy.ml/comment/4569805

https://web.archive.org/web/20231009172817/https://lemmy.ml/comment/4413706

https://github.com/SleeplessOne1917

    • JungleJim@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      102·
      1 year ago

      If it was horseshoe theory they meant to discuss there would have been no need for them to say "This is classic far left". They would have said "This is classic extremism".

      I'm not sure how valid horseshoe theory is in the first place.

    • JungleJim@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      This started as an edit to my comment but became more a comment of it's own:

      Edit: I think you may be edited your comment? The bit you added sounds like a reasonable assessment, that anyone more extreme in their beliefs is more prone to manipulation, likely due to the fact their desire for change may override "common sense" as we might call it.

    • djquadratic@kbin.social
      110·
      1 year ago

      yeah I was talking about leftist extremists. not sure how the term "far leftist" was interpreted as all leftist