Eugen RochkoI'm not happy with how the Wil Wheaton situation was resolved. An admin was overwhelmed with frivolous reports about him and felt forced to exile him. I've said before that I think it sets a dangerous precedent on how a large group of people can mobilize to drive anyone off the fediverse. Mob rule is universally dangerous: Mods and admins must examine evidence and decide based on wrongdoing and danger, and not on how many times someone was reported.
cap'n crush@Gargron People with different opinions than mine should never be allowed to speak
Sally Strange@knotlump People who reduce complex matters of bigotry, power, and social dynamics to "different opinions than mine" should voluntarily abstain from speaking until they figure out how now to be absurdly disingenuously reductive on the subject
@Sallystrange Thanks for helping me make my point
joe@knotlump @Sallystrange that you're being disingenuous? Because you are.
@Smokinjoe @Sallystrange I should probably be silenced then.
@knotlump @Sallystrange you are quite the crybaby
@Smokinjoe @Sallystrange Excellent name calling. I'm just not cool with totalitarianism. Feel free to block me. I've cried myself to sleep before. I'll live
@knotlump @Sallystrange shame you're also not cool with having a discussion in good faith
@Smokinjoe @Sallystrange Really? I've yet to call either one of you a name
@knotlump @Smokinjoe Adherence to superficial norms of civility is not the same as engaging in good faith discussion
@Sallystrange @Smokinjoe I believe I was engaging in a good faith discussion. I expressed mine points of view and listened to yours. Take care
@knotlump @Smokinjoe You repeatedly framed the issue in overly simplified and misleading ways, using vague phrasing to escape accountability for being wrong & inflammatory
@Sallystrange @Smokinjoe We are not going to agree.
@knotlump @Smokinjoe Obviously, since you are wrong