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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.
Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.
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You're being obtuse and I hope when things cool down you're able to see the harm this behavior is causing in this specific circumstance and also more generally. I understand that you probably have good intentions but I think you're either very misguided, trolling, reacting without thinking through the impact of your behavior, or some combination of these things, and I do feel like the ban was warranted especially considering the fit you're throwing. I have respect for the involvement you have in sustaining and contributing platform and the effort you clearly put into it, and I have seen you say things I really agreed with, but this is too much for me. This is not how you encourage left unity and safe and sustainable practices that support as many people as possible. I know you know about the paradox of tolerance.
A trans user was just harassed off the Fediverse by these people, man. Is that harm invisible? I'm bitching about people doing that. That's harmful?
My ban's not the issue, here. When it was locked the other day, I was content to let that be it. The ban was a minor thing; annoying and shitty, but ultimately not meaning much considering that, as mentioned in the OP, I didn't even use Blahaj anymore.
If you think my ban was warranted, that's fine. But "We shouldn't discuss Blahaj anymore", as in the comment I was replying to, is not.
Sure. You tolerate Nazis, they'll take over and won't tolerate you.
Where are the Nazis, here?
Because it looks to me an awful lot like infinite purity tests inflicted even on users outside of the Blahaj instance, combined with sustained harassment; neither of which encourage left unity or safe and sustainable practices that support as many people as possible.
Luckily I don't see many here (Lemmy), and if I do I am prepared to confront them in whatever way is required. Please point me in their direction if you know of any. I hope you're not calling the people who are upset by this situation Nazis, because I haven't seen any behavior that would warrant that and it would be very alarming and disappointing if that was happening here in a digital space I have come to feel safer in than most others, and would warrant an evaluation of what I am doing here, and I hope that I haven't been spending my time reaching out and talking to and just associating with people who hold those beliefs.
I saw some of the comments that person was making. If they have to go somewhere else to learn how to respect spaces specifically curated by and for trans people that's fine with me, I didn't get the feeling they (or for that matter, you) were willing or able to do so at this point, at least in this specific case in the way that was asked.
And please don't throw in my face again their (or for that matter, your own) marginalized status, it feels to me like it's being used as some kind of gotcha or get out of jail free card, and that is disrespectful as much as most anything that I've seen* has happened in this thread.
I am hoping that by adding my perspective others might feel supported or safer here, and others yet will hopefully see that horizontal harm is a thing that we have to be aware of and identify and do the work to minimize, internally and externally (referring to both the harm and the work).
I am not talking directly to anyone but you, and here, you are talking to me, please keep that in mind. It's fine to complain and always good to speak out against harm coming unwarranted or unfairly to others, but I'm talking to you about your behavior.
Please feel free to reach out for further 1:1 discussion, or not if you do not want to. It's about time we end the the perpetuation of harm in online and physical spaces and in the systems that we live under. Please also feel free to reach out for support with other efforts towards that goal or other similar ones.
Edited to add language to clarify a bit, if others feel like I'm wrong in my assessments and what I've said I am open to feedback, I'm not trying to deny anyone's experience or minimize harm that has come to others. My goal is always to prevent and reduce harm and if I'm not doing that I would hope someone here would call me in.
In this comparison, where are the Nazis, here?
Where is the threat which, if tolerated, will oppress everyone else?
Please, enlighten me.
Considering that this is all to the drumbeat of "We MUST protect marginalized people!", it's kind of fucking relevant.
My behavior being complaining something you don't feel should be complained about, because you feel silence and complicity serves the LGBT community on Lemmy more than airing out the dirty laundry?
The current US admin and other actual Nazis.
I told you I don't see any, here in this thread, and rarely if ever on Lemmy as a whole would I describe the behavior of others as "Nazi" or as you put it "Where is the threat which, if tolerated, will oppress everyone else?", which is apparently what you think Nazi means?
Please enlighten me as to where I said there were any here. As I recall that was you, still waiting for that link.
I did not and would not say that.
Yeah, that's clearly consistent with my behavior and what I say here and elsewhere 🙄 fuck off troll
They're just wanting you to call them a Nazi so it can be screenshotted and posted as proof of something elsewhere.