That’s very important context for this question
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Squorlple@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThis is from the subreddit mods’ rules. I don’t see it necessarily implying OP to be in the wrong or in the right. It really just implies those damn corporate admins are at fault. OP could just want a platform which doesn’t censor a discussion on subject matter alone.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
That matches my experience with reddit admin. One of my subs had to implement exactly the same rule.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
When I first became active on reddit, I admired how few sitewide rules they had and how much free speech they allowed.
Now they ban debate about one of the most contentious and multifaceted societal issues of the present. What are online discussion forums there for if not to openly and civilly exchange ideas about issues like this?
Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Part of the problem is that discussion of this issue in particular was very often not civil and created a hostile environment for users.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Probably true. slatestarcodex.com/…/i-can-tolerate-anything-exce… was written before most people cared much about this but certainly applies very strongly to it. I am fortunately not directly affected by it either way (I am neither trans nor a woman nor have any desire to pretend to be trans in order to get access to women’s spaces) so it doesn’t get my emotions up much to read any side’s arguments; I can see why that may be different for others.