• Hearing it at all is a joke, and the lawyers arguing it should be disbarred.

    That said

    names themselves after a conspiracy theorist

    puts either a Nazi dogwhistle or an unoriginal yet personally identifying mark in their username

    You see how this is even worse right

    • DaleGribble88 ( DaleGribble88@programming.dev ) 
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      /> Poster makes a progressive remark in support of historically marginalized groups
      /> Poster suggests rioting if the constitution is overturned
      /> Agrees with poster
      /> Call them a Nazi anyway

      Oh Lemmy, never change :P

    • P03 Locke ( p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      puts either a Nazi dogwhistle or an unoriginal yet personally identifying mark in their username

      88 is a number, which in a username, often denotes the birth year of the individual.

      Can we stop usurping two-digit numbers and pretending they have magical meanings? Otherwise, we’re going to just have to throw out the whole Arabic numerical system, because every combination now has some other special meaning.

      • What kind of bot-brained “it’s just a word” bullshit is this? It’s not any number, it’s that specific number combined with a stereotype of conspiracy theorist who specifically believes in that kind of hidden messaging… And uses it himself.

        Further, it’s Lemmy. You don’t need usernumbers, that was a deliberate choice.