Mastodawn

so Fedi is an echo chamber, sez a recent unnamed toot. I see that too.

But then they go on to say we should stop bullying fucking assholes (people with "other" viewpoints, like AI shills) and letting them play in our jungle gym.

The toot has already got tons of replies, but I just wanted to say:

No. Fuck you. This community is chock full of people from marginalized communities, and any push to get us to "open up" to people with "different viewpoints" that include fucking fascist autocorrect bots that are shredding the net to devour it is just fucking stupid.

I don't give a shit if Fedi grows. I rather like being a place where people from famous artists like Micheal Whelen, to community instigators like VantaBlack and PhoenixSerenity feel comfortable interacting with everyone directly.

The people most in favor of this fucking nonsense have a HUGE idealogical overlap with those who burn crosses, so to speak.

If that means we stay small? Good. Fuck outta here. If we disagree with you to the point we get savage at you, YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE HERE

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Miko Blissful [he/fae]22h ago

@TeflonTrout They can take their "freeze peach" and shove it. We don't deal with those c**ts here. Let's continue to make them feel unwelcome.

Free speech means we are free to tell them they are being an asshole and we want them to leave. That argument blows

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Miko Blissful [he/fae]18h ago

@TeflonTrout You misunderstand me. We have a right to protect our spaces. We have the right to refuse parley with toxic garbage who insists they should be allowed to serve dog shit at the community table. We have the right to call out their bullshit and kick them out.

What these "freeze peach" people, who *do* serve the bespoke dog shit at the table do, will claim that shutting them out is "censorship".

Our servers are not the bespoke "all views matter" square. We are the owners of the lawn. We don't have to welcome them or debate with them.

Defederating with them isn't "censorship". It is calling out their BS and slamming the door in their face.

Hope this clarifies.

I love it, thank you very much. I'm sorry I got snippy with you, and excellent point.