I'm primarily referencing the people in the Kyle Rittenhouse post from a day ago, but as a general reference for the remainder of Hexbear.chat threads and forums where we have apologists for fascists and reactionary politics, policies, figures, and dog whistles.

In the context of this forum, or the internet in general, they are trolls. Their inciteful and hateful remarks are not made in good faith, and are meant to inspire frustration and attention.

Ideally, spamming pigpoopballs should be the response to bad faith trolls but sunlight is not the best antidote to their poison - removal of their poisonous dialogue is the best antidote.

  • Egon [they/them]
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    10 months ago

    Yeah I was referencing the bit, but to be honest I was being kinda serious (except about the ppb). It used to be that bigotry and debate-me-debate-me got cracked down on, and it isn't really pursued to the same extent any more, which I don't think is good. I think it did wonders for the site when some "just asking questions" very-intelligent or "strawman, appeal to authority, ad hominem" debatebro-l anti-communists got cracked down on. I think it's good that we get to bat them around for a bit, but it's not good that they don't get banned afterwards. There's been a lot more ableism as of late, and I don't like it. I got called a lunatic, and in Baracua that would have been straight to jail. I got misgendered and that would have been straight to jail. Now it's just "removed post".
    Fed shit? Ohh you best believe bannin