Uhh this sounds sus af.
What topics are you wanting to cover?
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This is from the subreddit mods’ rules. I don’t see it necessarily implying OP to be in the wrong or in the right. It really just implies those damn corporate admins are at fault. OP could just want a platform which doesn’t censor a discussion on subject matter alone.
That matches my experience with reddit admin. One of my subs had to implement exactly the same rule.
When I first became active on reddit, I admired how few sitewide rules they had and how much free speech they allowed.
Now they ban debate about one of the most contentious and multifaceted societal issues of the present. What are online discussion forums there for if not to openly and civilly exchange ideas about issues like this?
Part of the problem is that discussion of this issue in particular was very often not civil and created a hostile environment for users.
Probably true. https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/ was written before most people cared much about this but certainly applies very strongly to it. I am fortunately not directly affected by it either way (I am neither trans nor a woman nor have any desire to pretend to be trans in order to get access to women's spaces) so it doesn't get my emotions up much to read any side's arguments; I can see why that may be different for others.
That's very important context for this question
Are you familiar with the subreddit /r/changemyview ? I don't have a topic to discuss right now. But I am against the reddit admins banning a certain topic from being discussed because it's controversial.
I haven’t really used reddit since joining Lemmy over 2 years ago now, but yes I’m familiar enough with the sub and its concept.
Is it because it’s controversial, or because nobody operates in good faith and uses it to attack trans people?
Because I’m so tired of JAQ offs.
Lemmy admins/mods are even more heavy handed than Reddit ones from what I’ve seen in the mod logs - especially around transgender topics. There is seemingly no discussion allowed, only echo chamber agreement.
Like if you said that you agreed with the UK Supreme Courts ruling on biological sex and sex based spaces, you’d probably be banned for being “transphobic” on many communities and instances here.
Some of Lemmy appears to be Reddit admin/mods but dialled up even further to the authoritarian side, which I didn’t think was possible haha
on many communities and instances
Bingo!
We have no ambition of being more lenient than Reddit, it's just less centralized. If people want to be bigots they can find themselves an instance and a community for that, and other people can choose not to be exposed to their bullshit. That's the whole point.
Also, the UKSC judgment is a pseudo-scientific piece of junk. Agreeing with it is a big-ass red flag.
Also, the UKSC judgment is a pseudo-scientific piece of junk. Agreeing with it is a big-ass red flag.
This is a giant red flag actually.
We have no ambition of being more lenient than Reddit
At least you're honest I guess. Authoritarian dictatorship enforced echo chamber is the goal.
The left hand always been authoritarian, far left marxist-Leninist believe in authoritarianism, just their style compared to the rights fascist style.
Modern progressivism is the left being socially authoritarian. People who identify with a political ideal or side typically don't care for objective truths.
Well yeah; that is a transphobic ruling.
If that's what you think you don't understand the ruling, or transphobia.
Fs in the chat for Freedom Advocate
I've personally never been banned on reddit, but been banned 2 or 3 times on Lemmy for being too argumentative.
Sometimes, even if I generally agree with someone, I have the strong urge to argue because I don't think their arguments are good. But some people see that as being against them or even trolling. And communities here seem more sensitive to it.
From what I've seen the last week, basically if you don't agree with the group-think you're labelled as "trolling" automatically lol. You don't even have to be doing anything even remotely resembling "trolling", just saying something that isn't what the echo chamber decided is the right opinion.
I'm a hard core vegan. I've been banned because I'm apparently a "carnist troll". In their defense, they unbanned me after I appealed.
wanna fite?
Also, if you come in expecting to debate for the removal of trans rights, you won't last long
uhh. where did you get that idea from? I support trans rights.
Welcome to lemmy. To help you get settled, the comment you are replying to is from the admin of a/the dedicated trans instance. And a "little" combative about it.
Ohhhhh that's what Blahaj zone is? I learned something today.
Yep, called after a Blahaj, an IKEA shark and a trans mascot
May I ask why the shark is a trans mascot? I'm genuinly curious.
It may have originated with trans people getting kicked out, shopping for cheap furniture, and then being pleasantly surprised to find a big soft friend at the furniture store - out of nowhere something fun and comforting appears just as they begin a new life.
However, that's speculation, nobody knows for sure. It just sort of became a meme.
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What do you want changed then?
That’s not the point. It’s not always about changing your view, but being able to defend and maybe refine your view to a more logically consistent position. Even as a lurker, it’s nice to be able to watch debates on positions that you almost entirely agree or entirely disagree with and read the arguments for and against it. I feel it helps solidify my logically consistent moral views of the world and makes me rethink the ones that are not.
I agree with op that this kind of topic and I would say realistically any topic should be allowed. As long as it’s actively moderated and both sides are constructively arguing for or against the position. It’s definitely one of the few communities I missed the most from Reddit and I wish it was as big here as well.
So, you'd be ok with someone arguing that maybe a discussion about racism is warranted, because sometimes, a bit of racism is warranted?
Or is that only ok when it's trans people?
'cause if you want logical and consistent, that's something you need to ask yourself. Why is it that folk are quite willing to discuss the erasure of rights of just one class of people, when it's not something you'd even consider talking about with most other groups?
There is no consistency in that desire, it's not driven by a desire to be logically consistent. This is driven by political interests and think tanks trying to create social divide. It's not a co-incidence that you just want to consider the logical merits or trans folk, right now, at this moment in history.
Until you're willing to face the reasons behind that, and the impact your social context has on you, you can't be logically consistent.
Yes I would be ok with that kind of question. That argument would be torn apart pretty easily. If you’re curious, at some point some of those topics were allowed on that subreddit and you should still be able to find them.
If your concern is that it’s possible it becomes a weakly moderated cesspool of propaganda or whatever then fine. Until that happens, I don’t understand what the issue is with allowing a moderated debate on sensitive topics by people that are genuinely arguing for or against some position.
That argument would be torn apart pretty easily
Sure. The argument can be torn apart. But that doesn't change anything. What changes when you make those sorts of arguments is simply that it gives a green light to pushing back against marginalised people.
If argument being torn apart was enough, the argument against trans folk in sport wouldn't even be an argument. But it is, because there is a political interest in creating harmful narratives about trans folk, and using exclusion from sport as a wedge to normalise exclusion in other areas. Which is exactly what is happening.
So if you're ok with that sort of question, I think you need to spend a bit more time looking at the context those questions exist in. Why is it now that people want to suddenly talk about trans people in sports. It's not because the trans folk have been doing anything different. It's because there is an explicit motivation to create a culture war, with trans folk as the targets. You shouldn't be ok with being part of that.
I feel like Change My View is useful for topics in which reasonable minds might differ in opinion.
Fundamental human rights are not one of those topics.
To play devil's advocate, trans in sports is a hot topic that I believe merits debate. I'm not going to do that, but it's an example of something that's not just black and white, and that I assume can't be discussed at all at reddit given this post by OP.
i think the real debate should be whether cis people should be allowed in sports. it makes my children uncomfortable to see them pushing their lifestyle down their throats
And that's definitely an opinion you should be able to post and discuss in a forum like changemyview.
So, you'd like to argue for the validity of excluding a vulnerable group, in the middle of a world spanning hate campaign against that exact group?
Nope. I very specifically said I'm not arguing about that. I'm giving an example of something polarizing that someone may want to have their mind changed on.
Maybe ease up on the hostility. There are people out there that were raised a certain way that want to change or perhaps have questions due to ignorance on the topic. By being combative, you're doing more harm than good for something you clearly care about.
I'm not asking you to argue about it. I explicitly don't want people arguing about it, which I was hoping my previous comment would make clear.
There are people out there that were raised a certain way that want to change or perhaps have questions due to ignorance on the topic. By being combative, you're doing more harm than good for something you clearly care about.
If someone turns against all trans people because they encounter a single angry trans person, then they were just looking for an excuse to justify what they already felt.
And it's not my job to play nice with the people trying to erase my rights in the hope that maybe, just maybe, they'll stop what they're doing! That doesn't work. That has never worked. Every single civil right gain has been made by pushing back.
So thanks for the advice, but I'll keep pushing back
You're not pushing back against anti trans people, you're pushing back against people trying to change and understand. You are doing more harm than good to the trans community, and if you understand that and continue to be that way, then what does that say about you?
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Add a turbocharger and intercooler for better performance.
There are 4 on different instances when I searched, the most active one looks to be [email protected]
I personally havent tried it but "be the change" you know? I didnt see a few subs I missed so I made them (different account). Start posting on there and maybe it will inspire more.
Go to the search bar in Lemmy. Filter to search for Communities. Enter in related search terms such as “changemyview” or “change my view”. Inspect each community to see what their rules are. Inspect the host instance for each community to see what their rules are. Though these communities you find here may not be as active as their Reddit counterparts, you can help grow the social environment you want to experience by participating in these communities.
That’s the good thing! You can just run your own instance with your own rules!
There are a few, but pretty much all of them are inactive: https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=changemyview&order=active_month
Important Lemmy rule: don't assume a community is dead without having posting on it. I have been answered 9 times out of 10.
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Which AI are you planning to use?
Welcome but I don't know.
Maybe I should go answer at !nostupidanswer...
Lemmings don't really like when people argue against the majority opinion, on any topic. The Fediverse is incredibly tribal.
And thus, failed on being the Reddit replacement it long aspired to be. Because that kind of behavior is what has already long infected Reddit and corroded it into the way it is today.
I guess in Lemmy's credit, mind as well do it while it is fairly young.
If a social media platform cannot ever accept the possibility and probability of opinions that work against the majority, you're effectively building a hivemind regardless of intention.
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