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Federation be like (hexbear.net)

Too obvious to be funny, but i still wanted to draw a shitpost.

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[-] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's hardly an exaggeration of enemy faults when the enemies self-identify as fascists or are a bunch of transphobes who can't even handle the existence of pronoun tags. And yes, transphobes and fascists are my enemies, these people literally want to kill me or want to deny my right to exist as myself in public and live a dignified life. I won't have that here, or anywhere we can extend our influence. As somebody else said, go to the bottom of the page and check our modlog. We're open and transparent about our moderation policy, everybody can see which mod actions were taken and why. For context, we normally have a person like that show up every other day at most, now we have to purge bigots all the time. Maybe your standards are too low to get this, maybe you think "nonbinary people don't exist" or "stop using pronouns" isn't hate speech, but it is. These are reactionary talking points and idgaf if you're fine with such people infiltrating your instance, we will keep our community safe from harm as we've done before when such issues came up. Being an inclusive, safer space takes active work and it includes stepping on people's toes and kicking people out who can't behave.

[-] Doug@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago

Nope, I'm with you on all that. That's also not what the comic is highlighting. Trans people exist and deserve all the rights everyone else has. Transphobes are pieces of shit and should be dealt with accordingly.

"I think Western institutions and media are not being entirely honest about their geopolitical opinions" is not like the phrasing I see from hexbear users out in the wild.

[-] marx_mentat@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

If I didn't recognize the fascists I was standing next to (or their narratives) then the people getting mad at them would probably seem unreasonable to me too.

[-] Doug@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago

And how would you go about getting someone to recognize the fascists they're standing next to for what they are in such a situation?

[-] marx_mentat@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

By somehow getting them to question their old dogma and think maybe they might have been wrong. Then they might open their mind up and seek/absorb new information.

[-] Doug@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago

Which you're less likely to be able to do with name calling and aggressive behavior, yes?

[-] marx_mentat@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not for me it wasn't. I was a comfortable (but disgruntled) liberal before stumbling on CTH years and years ago (this is a new handle I made early this year). Maybe I was further along in my journey and was already primed for it but I connected with the vibe immediately. That was when I actually started my leftist academic journey in earnest and started participating/contributing to local groups/orgs.

The shitposts got me to read more books and do more stuff than being disappointed by the democratic party for years by myself ever did.

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