Really goes to show how much a headline can sway the narrative.

Oh no, the oldest minecraft server? How could Microsoft do this? Microshit bad!

I didn’t even need to read anything from Mojang or Microsoft. As soon as I saw the Owners statement I knew this was bigots complaining about not being allowed to be shit humans wherever they like.

“Free speech under attack”, “ultimatum”, “libertarian principles”. “Oasis of Freedom and openness”? Really? These guys are sad that Microsoft won’t let them use official channels to say the n-word anymore.

Looks like they are allowed to continue being bigots, they just can’t use Microsoft’s official systems to do it.

The malignment of anyone supportive of free-speech with ‘obviously they’re bigots’ is a really dumb take that plays into the hands of oppressive governments.

Considering their examples of ‘free speech under attack’ being the UK and Germany - places that have absolutely stomped on Palestine-support protesters over the last few years, I think your assumptions could be completely off base.

They are not using Microsoft’s official systems at all - this is an expensive self-hosted services that they run, so maybe, instead of jumping to comment and saying “I don’t even need to read Mojangs statement” you probably should next time.

Free speech doesnt mean you can selfishly say anything you feel like. Humans are social creatures, words are real and have meaning and impact. Clearly the admins of this server can’t tell the nuance of that, and are just petulant children upset someone told them they were hurting other people and should stop.