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asdfasdfsadfasfasdfYeah, I'm getting very sick of these "free speech" types. Like, I don't want to create an echo chamber, but, seriously, we don't to hear the goddamn Nazi point of view. Platforming that sort of thing normalizes it. Mainstream platforms won't even permaban stochastic terrorists like LibsOfTiktok. In fact, social media platforms carry much of the blame for the divisiveness in society these days. That's why the Beehaw project is important. We need to show the world that there's a better way to do things. That it's possible to disagree with someone without being at each other's throats, entertaining dissenting opinions and perhaps reconsidering one's stance on things, and growing as a person by widening the pool of experiences one is exposed to. For example, I used to be a vague "libertarian" type, but my position has evolved to the point where I'm a left-wing anarchist now. People can change for the better. Again, I'm not saying we should listen to the ultra right wing's point of view, but I bet there's tons of people out there in their own little bubbles who have never left their homogeneous communities and have never heard the stories of the marginalized. We may not be able to change everyone's minds. But if we can change some, well, that's a win for all of us.
I've been avoiding comment on most of this thread because I really don't want to be seen as the instigator even more; however I wanted to comment on this specifically. Absolutely agreed with you on this point. I utterly hate the go with the flow, echo chamber style of discussions. I mean sure, if you're talking about how to make chocolate chip cookies, there's not really that many different ways to do it. Your recipe, will echo mine, for the same results. But in a lot of areas in life, there really are a lot of different takes. Your experiences and views and other nuances shape your ideas and expression on any given topic. They won't be the same as mine. And if they are, and all we talk about is 100% stuff I agree with; well, I ain't learning a damn thing am I? I'm just reinforcing my stance. Conclusion shopping. It is really important to have a different point of view that can be well explained and defended across the spectrum of what that may be.
There is no defense for treating people (human beings) as lessor than you because you disagree with their existence. Be it Nazi' Transpobia or otherwise. That's not a difference of opinion. That's a fundamental difference of what it means to be human. There is no echo chamber telling some wanna-be dictator POS' Nazi sympathizing fuck, to fuck off.
Beehaw wants zero of those people, echo chamber be damned.
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