Do your problems gain any traction here? Do you feel accepted? Are there any concerns? Any good things you have to say about hexbear when it concerns these issues? Do you think people are allies here?

  • Melon [she/her,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    You're right, u/purr didn't deserve a ban.

    Spoilering this because they were banned for an exceptionally stupid/undeserved reason

    They were involved in a veganism-related struggle sesh 4 months ago. They brought up their discomfort seeing the language of sexual violence and slavery being applied to animals.

    They were active in a thread where a vegan doubled down on using "slavery" as a means to describe animal husbandry. That racist comment is still up, but purr got banned for reacting negatively to it.

    The ban reason was: "Constant disinformation, condescension, generally being an asshole"

    A mod also removed a statement u/purr made about being a black person.

    • Lundi [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      The same user who said 'slavery is slavery' when comparing animal husbandry to chattel slavery also had this to say

      It’s left-larping idpol radlibs poisoning the leftist movement with cowardice.

      • Melon [she/her,they/them]
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        3 years ago

        jesus christ someone should be demodded over this

        edit: obligatory, I am bringing up the situation in the mod chat, no need to make a rant post

        edit: the offending moderator is probably no longer active/demodded for inactivity, as the current mods/admins didn't ban purr

        • Melon [she/her,they/them]
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          3 years ago

          In case anyone is to be curious of my whereabouts, I am retiring this account for two reasons. One is the normal spring cleaning that should be done. 2 years! Way too long. The other reason is because I brought up this issue with purr in the moderator chat, and was not satisfied by the admin response. I felt it reflected poorly on their priorities, as they refuse to revisit the possible unbanning of purr, even if only as a gesture of self-crit and goodwill. However, the issue probably deserves to be laid to rest. Hopefully this obscure comment in a dead thread will be a graceful enough "exit".

          I will still be :amogus: but not as a mod or on this account. I need to come up with another nice username in the meantime.