It always had such interesting stuff to say. It was banned recently. I think it should be unbanned and allowed back. It had such interesting perspectives on neurodiversity.

  • BadTakesHaver [he/him, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Agree with you completely. Moderating a big leftist community is hard, and giving users a little more leeway with controversial posts would make it harder.

    I feel like if this site values neurodiversity, site policy should change to not insta ban people who are just misguided and not willfully malicious, and our agressive "dunking" culture needs to chill out a bit.

    @Egon@hexbear.net

    made an amazing effort post a day or two ago about our culture of dunking and assumed bad faith.

    Our community really needs to discuss ND inclusivity in this site and in moderation.

    • nocages [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      I'm glad to see this brought up, because I've already had someone be aggressive to me because of my communication style here and it has turned me off from commenting.

      And in general I've seen a lot of casual ableism here. Mostly in the dunk tank. I don't think that calling people "idiots" just because they haven't been educated on a topic is okay. Normalized slurs are still slurs.

        • nocages [they/them]
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          1 year ago

          I'm tired of withdrawing from spaces where I don't feel welcome. There's basically nowhere left. Almost all spaces are hostile to ND people, and the places made for ND people are all extremely liberal to the point where I simply can't relate with anyone. I'm tired of standing outside of the spaces where people meet and socialize and looking through the glass. This is how ND people end up isolated.