Do you not understand the concept of a safe space?
When you’re literally one of the most politically targeted groups and create a community the point might not be to make it a “free speech zone” but the one place on the internet you feel safe.
That doesn’t make them authoritarian politically. They’re just admins following through on a vision. Where people can freely join their instance or not. Not politicians enforcing their views on people who didn’t consent to it.
Blahaj doesn’t pretend to be a neutral instance like lemmy.ml does. It’s explicit.
It ends up more as an opinion circlejerk than a safe space.
When you ban people disagreeing with you, you’re not making anyone feel safer, you’re just comforting yourself in a confirmation bias group where only one voice can be heard
When you ban people by stating they’re transphobic when they’re not, you’re being authoritarian and misleading. It ends up with active misinformation because either you’re with them, or you must fuck off. A sect.
When the concept of a safe space goes from no judgment and kindness to a political space, I believe it will have a negative impact.
But maybe it’s just me being pissed off at the abusive moderation
Correct. We currently have some sentiment against liberal spaces and DEI programs and so on. And some people think it's the war against straight white men. But having a men's groups or women's groups or safe-spaces to talk freely about whatever topics isn't authoritarian. The opposite of it is equally true. You can't discuss certain topics without the correct space for it, and not allowing them to discuss how they like is authoritatian as well!
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Do you not understand the concept of a safe space?
When you’re literally one of the most politically targeted groups and create a community the point might not be to make it a “free speech zone” but the one place on the internet you feel safe.
That doesn’t make them authoritarian politically. They’re just admins following through on a vision. Where people can freely join their instance or not. Not politicians enforcing their views on people who didn’t consent to it.
Blahaj doesn’t pretend to be a neutral instance like lemmy.ml does. It’s explicit.
ipitco@lemmybefree.net 1 day ago
It ends up more as an opinion circlejerk than a safe space.
When you ban people disagreeing with you, you’re not making anyone feel safer, you’re just comforting yourself in a confirmation bias group where only one voice can be heard
When you ban people by stating they’re transphobic when they’re not, you’re being authoritarian and misleading. It ends up with active misinformation because either you’re with them, or you must fuck off. A sect.
When the concept of a safe space goes from no judgment and kindness to a political space, I believe it will have a negative impact.
But maybe it’s just me being pissed off at the abusive moderation
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 day ago
Correct. We currently have some sentiment against liberal spaces and DEI programs and so on. And some people think it's the war against straight white men. But having a men's groups or women's groups or safe-spaces to talk freely about whatever topics isn't authoritarian. The opposite of it is equally true. You can't discuss certain topics without the correct space for it, and not allowing them to discuss how they like is authoritatian as well!