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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by frontporchtreat@lemmy.ca to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

Hey all, I recently left reddit like many of you. I have a question regarding lemmy and the fediverse on the history of banning and defederation. I have noticed several posts calling for varying communities to be disconnected. were these removal requests as prevalent before the mass migration? Usually I am all for communities existsting in their own spaces, barring illegal content. I am hoping that the new users are coming here with the intent to learn how this community works, before we try to remake the community we just left.

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[-] Sharpiemarker@startrek.website 161 points 1 year ago

Let's not sugar-coat this: do not tolerate fascists and bigots in your spaces. Period.

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A clear-cut and uncontroversial rule that will see little to no opposition, yes.

And in many cases it's also clear-cut and uncontroversial whether someone is a fascist or a bigot.

But in other cases, you're going to run into trouble. A particular case in point; I don't like the Disney Star Wars sequel trilogy. I have, in the past, been immediately called a sexist when I've mentioned that fact. But I personally don't care one whit about the gender of the trilogy's protagonist, I just think they're bad movies. Maybe there are other people who actually do care and that's the reason they don't like those movies. Maybe there are people who don't believe me when I say I personally don't care about the gender of the trilogy's protagonist. So, is https://reddit.com/r/saltierthancrait/ a bigoted community? If there was a Fediverse equivalent, should it be blocked? Different people will argue different ways.

I can think of lots of other scenarios, I won't make a big rambling list because I'm sure I'll step on a landmine eventually. I'm just arguing that seemingly simple straightforward "rules" that are easy to agree with can still end up mired in complexity when people try to implement them in the real world.

[-] CtrlAltDelicious@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

in many cases it's also clear-cut and uncontroversial whether someone is a fascist or a bigot.

Perhaps different life experiences. In many cases nothing is really clear-cut when it comes to people and their opinions. People who believe "they figured it out" inadvertently become totalitarians.

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The bulk of my comment was all about the "but in other cases..." stuff.

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