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I don't think that Nazi shit or promotion of terrorism falls under "mean things on the internet" that would be over-trivializing, and I do say that because I have indeed seen many people doing these things in my years on Steam, as well as encouraging violence towards me for being a girl and having "used to have been a boy" (being transgender).
are they "mean things" and are they on the internet? If so it's mean things on the internet, this doesn't mean it won't cause IRL damage, but until it transitions from hateful words to actionable threats it's just an occupational hazard of the internet.
You may have picked the wrong instance then, because as the blahaj.zone instance admin, I actively remove "mean things". Words designed to harm others, whether it's bigotry, or harassment or insults, are not an "occupational hazard", they undermine the community and hurt folk when they're vulnerable.
Hateful words will get you banned here, and apologism for them and downplaying their impact is not welcome.
Are you really sitting here trying to excuse nazism, death threats, and promotion of terrorism?
I won't excuse death threats because those are generally targeted, and are explicitly illegal.
You shouldn't be excusing nazism and the disgusting harmful shit people like LibsOfTikTok do. Even if it isn't explicityly illegal it still hurts people. Apologia for this shit isn't okay or acceptable ever. You're on a Trans friendly instance I can't believe you're sitting here trying to justify some types of online abuse.
@[email protected] Just curious, what do you have to say about this type of apologia towards Nazism and other forms of online abuse?
I've replied to the person in question.
Great to hear.
Nazism and promotion of terrorism are explicitly illegal in some places, while death threats are not explicitly illegal everywhere. So does your opinion on these flip flop depending on where you live?
How about grow a spine and get some morals of your own? Ones that are not dependent on whatever is legal where you are currently located.
If nazism and promotion of terrorism are fine with you, I don't think you are going to find very many friends here.
the primary reason I'm fine with terrorism is related to how broadly it can be defined and how some people like to expand its definition to silence those they don't like, same with naziism and how some like to associate anti israilism with nazism. the government should leave the regulations of speech up to the platform and treat them like public bulliton boards (freely accessible to everyone and barely regulated)