• silent_water [she/her]
      hexagon
      ·
      11 months ago

      we learned the hard way that banning wreckers is the only option. they will have to learn the same in just as hard a manner.

      • ElHexo [comrade/them]
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        11 months ago

        What am I gonna do, sure they're a nazi but I don't want to kick them out of my bar.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      11 months ago

      It called to mind the article "misogynists make great informants" from back in 2010, in the aftermath of an informant revealing themselves in Austin.

      Cw: misogyny, sexual violence, fbi, informants

      https://truthout.org/articles/why-misogynists-make-great-informants/

      Not a 1:1 relation, the details are very different, but I think there are some notable similarities in one or a small number of people can be at the center of a problem, and other members of a group shielding that person leads to break downs.

      I'm not sure if we could have reached a detente with Blahaj, but it's disapointing that it came down to one abusive mod on a tangential comm to kill federation attempts.