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ngl, didnt expect to see this fucking dogwhistle transphobia on lemmy this quickly
here's the link for like bullying or whatever because im not a lib: https://lemmy.ml/post/1198265?scrollToComments=true
ngl, didnt expect to see this fucking dogwhistle transphobia on lemmy this quickly
here's the link for like bullying or whatever because im not a lib: https://lemmy.ml/post/1198265?scrollToComments=true
I was almost with them until the end lol. Censorship on reddit is pretty wild at this point. I agree it's weird to ban somebody from one community just because they're subscribed to another, and the mods of some major subs will just ban people who say something that doesn't fit a particularl ideology. That sucks when you're trying to say something left of center on their largest news sub and they ban you for not being lib enough. Kind of scary to think about what level of influence that provides a website like reddit.
On the other hand, it's very good to ban transphobes and delete their hateful comments. The fact that this moron thinks they can be polite and transphobic at the same time is really delusional. Fuck that asshole.
While it’s smart to ban participants of bad communities outright, it’s better to drive them out when they think they’ve settled in
Agreed. Give them a chance to show their ass then prove to them firsthand they aren't welcome.
I mean, we ban people that don't fit our ideology. Generally everyone wants censorship, they just want censorship by their rules and that makes sense.
The only people who believe in "free speech" are liberal ideologues who unironically believe in the free marketplace of ideas as the arbiter of truth, that if you hear everyone out equally, the ideas that are best for everyone will prevail.
But we know that's not true. We want right-wingers to be censored because their beliefs are trash and harmful, and they want the same for us.
It's always "moderation" when my side does it and "censorship" when the other side does it but we shouldn't kid ourselves. We would ban someone for being an r/vaush power poster and we would ban outspoken capitalists, and that's fine.
I see what you're saying. I think Hexbear is a little more niche than r/news. It's proudly a safe space for several groups that don't have many safe spaces. I would venture to say that moderation or censorship here is different than on a massive news platform like r/news, which presents itself as neutral.