"Progressives should not make the same mistake that Ernst Thälmann made in 1932. The leader of the German Communist Party, Thälmann saw mainstream liberals as his enemies, and so the center and left never joined forces against the Nazis. Thälmann famously said that ‘some Nazi trees must not be allowed to overshadow a forest’ of social democrats, whom he sneeringly called ‘social fascists.’
After Adolf Hitler gained power in 1933, Thälmann was arrested. He was shot on Hitler’s orders in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944."
On connect, if you block an instance, all messages from users from that instance are blocked out by a kind of spoiler tag. ‘this post was hidden due to a ban of instance x’.
You can click to open the message if you feel up to it (eg non political topics)
Very useful feature