exactly what I was trying to say
rationally reasoning with bigots rarely leads to bigots abandoning their bigotry; oftentimes it leads to them latching onto something else as an excuse or rationalization for their bigotry, doubling down out of spite, or outright violence
you
you get it
all of this "marketplace of ideas" bullshit predicates on the alt-right and fascists cooperating and playing fair, when they historically have always taken advantage of any chance they're given and then mocking those who wanted to give them a chance
like it's 2023, I'd hoped that we'd have realized why giving the alt-right and fascists a seat at the table never fucking works out for anyone other than the alt-right and fascists
nobody is cut off, holy shit
this is not as big of a deal as you're making it
people can make new accounts on freer instances in seconds
the moon buggy on camera was a wooden replica but to get it on site (the moon), they had to build an actual moon lander and everything
I think the whole federation thing would do wonders on the anti-US-centric-bias end imo
on top of that, they were getting some pretty heinous abuse from a couple of users on the open-registration instances
fucking exactly lmao
people from other instances seem to have felt entitled to Beehaw's communities and are acting like something was stolen from them when they'd never owned it to begin with
they're literally doing that right now
are they supposed to just sit and let trolls keep coming in while they do it????
they're literally doing that right now
are they supposed to just sit and let trolls keep coming in while they do it????
I see, you see Lemmy as being one big community, rather than separate communities that can interact with each other
so you see defederating as like locking away a part of the community, rather than a community deciding to lock up for a bit
fucking lmao
as if they can'f make an account on another instance
y'all are just hurt because you think you're being rejected and insulted by this, when they made it clear that it wasn't personal or permanent
not OP, but sure
they filmed the moon landing on the moon
all of that footage we have? Fake
they did travel to the moon but they faked all of the footage on site (the moon)
also Kubrick was there
holy shit you have zero comprehension of politics at all, do you
"fascism is when people stop listening to you", right next to "communism is when the government does stuff"
you can leave the instance if you don't like it; this allows you to access the rest of the fediverse; saying "you're blocked from the entire fediverse" is not a good reason to not defed because it's fundamentally not true
surprising how little some USAmericans know this
edit: like our Overton Window is so far right that even the Democrats would be conservatives in many countries ; if someone doesn't comprehend the severity of this, they have little business talking about the alt-right
god damn it, this "free market of ideas" bullshit never fucking worked
people who are bigots more often than not double down on their bigotry when it's challenged
because it's not a reasoned position they're taking; it's "Things in my life aren't that great, and I don't trust those people; I am going to rationalize to myself that that's their fault" or "I just don't like those people and I want an excuse to hurt them"
like yeah, sometimes it's genuinely not knowing, but if you're constantly proven wrong about your bigotry and you keep doing it then you, on some level, want to continue being bigoted
the marketplace of ideas means fuck all when it comes to people telling you that you shouldn't be allowed to exist
tell me that you're a white middle class guy who's never faced marginization without teling me that you're a white middle class guy who's never faced marginalization
holy shit, how do I even begin to explain that you can't just "ignore" Nazis and racists and transphobes and letting them keep their platform
you do understand that they hurt real fucking people, right????
