Danielle ForéApr 2, 2023
Your regular reminder that if you have a “no politics” rule, what you really have is a community that is only welcoming to straight white cis men
Show threadJorkkeliApr 2, 2023

@danirabbit BS. I'm in several communities with heavy LGTBQ presentation, including the administrators, and the "no religion/no politics" rule works to keep out the bigots.

If you allow political discussions in a space not meant for that, you always get infiltrated by Neo-Nazis doing their "I'm just asking questions, both sides, it's just a funni picture, joke joke 😏" subversion.

If you slap a blanket ban on political discussion, the alt-righters can't start their recruitment game and leave.

Show threadLillian Violet
@jorkkeli
I don't think that's true, no politics means people cannot talk about things that are politicised, say getting hrt or racism you encounter. You can make rules about the type of politics allowed based on an ideology of protecting minorities, which would disallow concern trolling and debate bros. Creating a safer space requires you to reflect on what you're actually banning and from what ideological background you're doing so, that's the point of the original message. Because the default POV in society is the cishet white man one.
@danirabbit
Apr 3, 2023 at 9:21amWeb