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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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I see this a lot, and first off, it's not true at the instance level, for lemmy-- unless there's a new option I didn't see. Second, having to block someone that suggests you should die for your skin color, after reading the comment, is not without harm. There is value in preventing the speech from being seen at all, versus blocking people after the fact.
It's obviously a generalization, but generally the people who say "just block them" are also people that haven't lived with systemic bigotry directed at them for their entire lives.
And for the record, I don't think piracy falls into this category of speech.
I promise it is true. I've been doing it for months.
Speak for yourself. Doesn't harm me.
You haven't been blocking instances with Lemmy because that option doesn't yet exist.
What do you mean? Are you saying that because you aren't affected that no one can be?
Again, yes, I have.
...no. I said the opposite of that.
How do you block a whole instance in Lemmy?
Depends on your client
Ah I think Connect allows it? Is there any other?
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