There are MANY center-right communities in the fediverse where you are allowed (even encouraged) to defend things like genocide, imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, US-style “democracy,” and those who support them. This is not one of them.

    • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
      10·
      8 months ago

      Sometimes I almost feel bad for some of these liberals because I think they truly lack the self awareness and perspective to know how atrocious their ideology is

      But then I remember all the people suffering, dying, being enslaved, deported, and incarcerated because of people like them, and I smash that ban button so hard

      • GarfGirl [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        4·
        8 months ago

        modding comms is such a thankless job fr, like 99% of people are just completely fine people to deal with but occasionally you have some absolute freak just completely go off on you about something.

        like, I had some guy get mad at me for deleting a comment he made for excessive hostility towards someone and then temp banning him bcs i found him posting a transphobic slur on his account while vibe checking him, so he decided to spend the next week replying to accounts on the comm i was modding accusing them of all being sockpuppets of me, repeatedly report spamming misogynistic slurs, dming me to rant at me and stuff, and ban evading with half a dozen different accounts to tell me I “gave a bad name to all trans people” and then he did the exact same thing again like three months later on a different comm i mod in response to some article i posted about homophobic laws in kansas being passed, after that he got permanently banned from the entirety of blahaj by Ada i think.

        • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
          4·
          8 months ago

          Yo, I saw that thing transpire! That guy was wild.

          My worst experience as a mod was on a fairly large gaming discord server. I saw things I never wanted to see, including incredibly inappropriate behavior toward minors. Eventually I had to stop doing that for my own well-being.

      • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM
        2·
        8 months ago

        A conservative is a wolf, you know to stay away and they know they’re a joke. Meanwhile Liberals are foxes, they’ll smile and laugh but come close and they’ll bite your neck.

  • codalafin@pawb.socialEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    I like myself a good & honest philosophical or political debate, but they’re just so hard to come by these days.

    • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
      7·
      8 months ago

      On a philosophical level, I’d like the same, but I’ve seen what happens in communities that allow certain groups to take over.

      Also, I personally live in a place where I’m constantly fighting for my existence, so I need a break from that fight to maintain my mental health, and I think a lot of others do too. For example, I know many people who’ve been oppressed by our nation. I feel like we all need a space to discuss without constantly having shit flung at us.