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this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2024
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Not at all what i said here or in the post. I speak from experience on this, there are a lot of people being influenced by the extremists that can still be communicated with. This attitude is exactly what i'm referring to as well. You put them all under the same umbrella, which, if we keep doing this, will only make the problems for people on both sides worse.
I don't mind the ban much, I can just make another account. But I think it is representative of an issue larger than Lemmy.
The problem is that we do not want to spend our entire life "influencing" others. The admin of Blahaj specifically made the instance in order to be a place where we don't have to deal with that burden.
If you want to go deal with transphobic fucktards and try to advocate for tolerance then you go right ahead. No one is stopping you.
First, i want to make it extremely clear that i am NOT advocating for "tolerance" with these people. I am advocating for communication and education. We should not simply tolerate having people hate us, especially with the level some extremists are willing to go to.
I understand the need for a safe space. It's a good concept. But there's a fine line between safe space and political echo chamber. Once you start banning people for advocating for an option other than hate, it becomes problematic.
I have successfully disageed with the Blahaj admin about this issue and I remain unbanned.
Well that's a good sign at least. I think i just ran into a triggerhappy mod.
This is what I imagine American politics discussion online looks like.
There are just NO nuance. Not even a little bit. Too many extremists on ALL sides.