It's a shame to see the two instances split especially since I was pushing for the two instances to not defed pretty hard on the hexbear side, but the mod of one of the largest Comms being openly ableist, doubling down by deleting accusations of ableism then being ableist again in the removal reason and also defending chasers is pretty damning imo
I really wanted the two instances to stay federated and advocated for such, but now I'm not sure if I even want to be here. Here's hoping we can commandeer 196 and make sure it's based and doesn't end up like the reddit one
They posted a comment that included the word libt*rd and then deleted an anarchist hexbear users comment calling this out, then they called him "braindead" in one of the removal reasons for him pushing back on being accused of being a tankie iirc. After getting more push back on the initial comment they edited the slur out.
Edit: here's the link to their apology for the use of the slur in which they use the slur again: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/2092636
"I’ve also never called anyone slurs! I used a semi-slur in an extreme hypothetical example of what I wasn’t saying"
It's a shame to see the two instances split especially since I was pushing for the two instances to not defed pretty hard on the hexbear side, but the mod of one of the largest Comms being openly ableist, doubling down by deleting accusations of ableism then being ableist again in the removal reason and also defending chasers is pretty damning imo
I really wanted the two instances to stay federated and advocated for such, but now I'm not sure if I even want to be here. Here's hoping we can commandeer 196 and make sure it's based and doesn't end up like the reddit one
Agreed, that needs to be dealt with as well.
I didn't see the ableism, what did they say?
They posted a comment that included the word libt*rd and then deleted an anarchist hexbear users comment calling this out, then they called him "braindead" in one of the removal reasons for him pushing back on being accused of being a tankie iirc. After getting more push back on the initial comment they edited the slur out.
Edit: here's the link to their apology for the use of the slur in which they use the slur again: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/2092636
I didn't call anyone braindead, and I left the slur in so that people would know what I said, and what I was apologizing for.
I've edited the post to reflect that.
Though imo saying that it's not just one but multiple of the mods being ableist isn't the best of defenses
Edit: ok since hexbear doesn't seem to be coming back up I'll report it on this account asking one of the mods to delete it
lying when we have screenshots of the modlog is some real cajones
That wasnt me the screenshot has the moderator responsible cropped out
that just says mod. whoever did it, purge them.
I saw that, I've had a talk with my team about using better language when resolving reports. Stuff like this shouldn't be happening
You actually expect people to believe this?