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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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Imo it’s fine if they want to block the community - it’s their instance. Whatever. But the logic is kind of twisted.
Discussing piracy isn’t illegal, full stop. They don’t host pirated content, they don’t link to pirated content, hell they don’t even link to websites that link to torrents. It’s literally just discussion.
The owner of Lemmy.world is allowed to block them out of fear, that’s their right. But it’s still a complete overreaction ignited by a transphobic troll account.
Now this makes a lot more sense than what I've read here! I can understand the ire.
I was the guy that originally posted the announcement to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world that hit the front page. Posted it from my lemmy.world account that I've since migrated from.
The guy you replied to has the same opinion as me. I shared it because I disagreed with the decision and thought that it deserved to be spread to inform others - and since it's only mildly infuriating that seemed like the best community for it.
It's funny that you wrote this because I genuinely couldn't tell which side you were talking about at first. When I made my post I was shocked by how many people who didn't care about the community block felt the need to be dismissive, talk about overreaction, said that people were whining and should shut up, etc. Shocked because it was a big tonal assumption. I wasn't whining or complaining, just discussing. And if we should shut up over a single post about it, how would we ever get the word out so that those who disagreed could leave. "Their side" seemed really bull-headed with bad attitudes to me. It felt like we were being told to just quietly leave without making any noise - but how would we know to if we didn't make any posts or comments?
Anyway, this isn't to accuse you or "your side" of actually being that way. More so it's just highlighting how when we're only dealing with text, it can be very easy to assume a certain tone, especially when it's someone you disagree with. We could probably all benefit from questioning our assumptions a little more often. I know there are people on "my side" who get far too vehement about it. But overall, we just want freer access to information
That comment was made after exclusively arguing with folks who had nothing to say, expect that the decision was fascist/narcissistic/etc. No explanation beyond weird buzzwords.