🇨🇦 robyn 💜Mar 22

so I was reading through a long thread just now re: mstdn.ca. realized there were a ton of responses missing.

opened it in my browser to get the context, and OH LOOK! a boatload of accounts I had muted a loooooong time ago absolutely treating Chad like a convicted criminal, advising everybody to jump ship IMMEDIATELY, calling him ugly names.

"innocent until proven guilty" apparently stops being a thing when you've got your conclusion already formed. wow.

Show thread🇨🇦 robyn 💜Mar 22

everybody is free to come and go on the fediverse as they please, which is part of the beauty of it.

but to treat allegations as fact and also as a criminal conviction, AND using your "fedi clout" to rile people up against the admin is..... I don't know. ugly.

Show threadArbutus 🇨🇦
@robyn that sounds ugly, but "innocent until proven guilty" is for criminal law not everyday social life. Its very wise to limit risky social contact with people who seem suspicious and anyone who tells you otherwise is dangerous. You can be against mobbing and take a few steps back from someone being sued for embezzlement.
Mar 22 at 11:33pmWeb
Show thread🇨🇦 robyn 💜Mar 22

@arbutus I don't feel like typing this all out again, but - yep, nuance is a thing:

https://yeg.bike/@robyn/116275146892861867

🇨🇦 robyn 💜 (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Oh the situation is very yikes, no doubt. Can definitely see people going, oh well, today is as good a day as any to look for a new instance! But there is 1000% a way (multiple, actually) to deal with this that isn't: immediately resorting to ad hominems, dragging an entire race into this (!? lmao), and presenting the situation as if he was already in handcuffs, convicted in a court of law. And what some of these folks are doing definitely ain't that.

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