To make a long comment short:
Yes
this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2024
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To avoid the appearance of bias and provide a more agnostic rule that I think makes sense beyond just tankies, I think a better presentation of a rule like this would "No promotion of authoritarian ideologies or actions".
While the existing rules do reference fascism, there are subtle differences, and more importantly fascism is a buzzword right now that invites ideological arguments, trolls, etc
I'm 100% behind this concept. Authoritarianism is wrong, left or right. Focusing on that doesn't single anyone out. Is rather fair and unhypocritical. Clear and easily defensible. Less likely to break down into name-calling.
I definitely have very little love for ML and their more extreme brethren that logically flow from the flawed ideology. But outside the authoritarianism there can be a lot of agreement and even ideological overlap. Better to have good faith debate and rescue those from the authoritarian extremes where we can. Rather than unduly alienating them off the bat.
That could be a good idea.
Banning should be determined by conduct, not political affiliation.
The rule if implemented would be conduct based.
The rule, if implemented, will cause me to unsubscribe. If you can’t handle debate, you are not a true leftist.
You are demonstrating that you believe your ideologies to be so tenuous and fragile that a carefully constructed blurb from one of these “tankies” (as you call them) could undo all of it in a split second.
Shit like this makes me want to start my own instance. Censorship is anti-labor, censorship is authoritarian, censorship of simple ideas is thought control. Be better, fellow leftists.
The way the OP is phrased is explicitly targeting a specific political position.
Its just honesty about how the rules are structured.
Let's also be real: some political positions should be smothered with a steel pillow
Tolerating intolerance is a losing strategy
thats true
I can’t believe this post has support. This is EXACTLY the same thing as the US government banning Tik Tok. “Let the free market decide… but ban it when it starts breaking through my propaganda.”
If your ideology is so fragile and authoritarian that it can’t (won’t) stand up to open debate, ironically calling those that oppose your censorship “authoritarian”, it’s time to start admitting that your ideology depends on thought-control.