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Reminder that if you bring ableism into this instance you can fuck right off (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 days ago by Dort_Owl@hexbear.net to c/effort@hexbear.net

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I probably shouldn't be making this post. I hate getting involved struggle session highschool drama shit and I won't even point to specific evidence because frankly this shit depresses me. But here goes:

This might be a "wtf are you ranting about, Owl?" moment but there are some serious reactionary vibes in this place sometimes. Maybe it's a holdover from the dirtbag leftist era, I don't know, but it's gross. I see it trying to worm its way in here and it's a bad sign

If you ever catch yourself using the kind of shitty othering and ableism you'd see on stupidpol or a 2016 cringe compilation, go do some self crit or fuck right off

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[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

Mostly I think they aren't insulting the user for believing in magic but for behaving in an extremely bad faith, one-sided way while freely insulting and disparaging people. We have other users who believe in "magical praxis" sometimes and the reception is usually very different.

I do agree generally that a huge portion of the HB social dynamic is a bunch of miserable people wanting to roleplay as the bullies rather than the bullied and that's surely still part of it, but there was a little bit of context in this case.