Whilst this is not a local only post/community, it is primarily intended for blahaj lemmy members. Top level replies from non blahaj accounts will be removed.
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I want to take the moment to clarify the Blahaj Lemmy position on things, given recent events and the fallout that has followed. This will give people the chance to decide for themselves if blahaj zone lemmy is the right space for them, or if it doesn't meet their needs.
First and foremost, blahaj zone lemmy exists to give a space for queer folk to exist, with their needs explicitly protected as the highest priority, and with a particular focus on the needs of gender diverse folk. Most lemmy instances are not run by trans folk, and whilst many are still inclusive, they don't always prioritise our needs. Others barely consider trans folk, and react only to the most blatant of bigotry.
We are not a political instance, however political communities have a space here, as does any community that is actively protective of the needs of queer and gender diverse folk. Given the impact of politics on gender diverse folk, that means lots of dialogue and strong opinions exist, and as long as those opinions are honestly held, and not bigoted or exclusive, people are welcome to have and express those opinions here.
For what it's worth, I am a member of the Greens Party in Australia. I have no time for the middle ground politics of the Australian Labor party, let alone the right wing beliefs of the Australian Liberal party. Yet a community of queer Labor Party aligned folk would fit on blahaj lemmy, because the parties ideologies, are not explicitly anti queer. A community aligned with the Australian Liberal party likely would not have a place here, unless the goal of the community was to work at actively challenging the anti queer policies of the party.
That being said, political communities (or any other communities) that exist solely to target and take aim at other queer folk have no place here either. The goal of blahaj lemmy is queer inclusion, and a community whose sole goal is division, will be removed.
The downside to this is that as we assume good faith in members and we don't gatekeep or deny access to people because of their pronouns or gender identity, (even when those identities are challenging to many) it is possible for bad faith actors to take advantage of our inclusive policies. Unfortunately, that's just something we are going to have to navigate as it occurs, because I won't let bad faith folk push this instance to defaulting to exclusion or gatekeeping the validity of someone's identity. I will respect a trolls pronouns even as I ban them, because to not do so, normalises the idea that pronouns are something that are earned by good behaviour, or that other people have a say in the validity of another person's identity and pronouns.
So that's where we stand. Hopefully this will help people decide for themselves whether or not this is the right instance for them.
the reception you, once again, got to a nothinburger response very much confirms this is not an apolitical instance, but a lib instance. that's as much as your voting habits count for.
ps. are you finally gonna tell us whether fascist trans folks are welcome or not? no skin off my tits at this point, i just think people deserve to know.
We're not an apolitical instance. We're not a political instance, but that doesn't mean we're apolitcal. I quite explicitly described both my own political position, and a clear bias against right wing spaces in terms of communities that are allowed.
My post outlined my own strong left political beliefs, highlighted the instance bias against conservative political communities, and explicitly stated that bigoted and exclusionary opinions are not welcome.
If you think fascism somehow has a home here after all of that, then either you didn't read my post, you misunderstand the nature of facism or you're not acting in good faith.
right, i am not acting in good faith. this is unreal.
sorry to have wasted your time.
If you are acting in good faith, then I am at a loss as to how you could possibly believe that fascists are welcome here. I stand against literally everything they stand for. Their existence is inherently antithetical to the existence of the queer community.
If you can read my history, read my post just here and read the guidelines of this instance, and not understand my position on fascism, then I am genuinely unable to wrap my head around how you arrived at that understanding...
I suggested you're acting in bad faith, because it's the only way I can make sense of it...
you were asked before. you did the same kinda dodging you're doing now & locked the thread. i'm familiar with your history.
btw, this is exactly why people don't trust you.
gotta say, though, it takes some guts to suggest one of the few users around at all to care at this point, after all that's transpired, is acting in bad faith. i'm trying to hold you accountable, you're not having it, that's fine. but bs like this is just gonna keep on happening.
it seems you're back to removing comments, so i'm not expecting this to stay up for long, either. just know that people know about what's happening.
wow, sorry Ada for having to put up with bad actors.
if somehow not bad actor: how is "communities whose sole goal is division will be removed" not against facism? where do you find an "opening" for facism here?
also, I'm not sure you're aware of the meaning of liberalism, at least outside of the very american neo-liberalism context - as you seemingly use it as a slur? or otherwise very negative thing. Liberalism is the John Locke thing
People who use liberal as a slur typically object to the capitalist and/or free market parts, or as an insult to people who support the status quo since liberalism is the ruling ideology of today.
While I am no fan of liberalism, the user you are replying to seems rather confused as this instance is fairly leftist, with the majority of users leaning left (this is my experience at least). Some leftists brand anything that goes against their warped version of socialism as liberal, which is what I'm guessing is happening here. That or they object to there being centrists here at all.
That’s an exceedingly charitable interpretation. My experience is that they pick and choose which meaning of liberal they mean after their harassment target has declared. They just use it as a catch all to put people down first.
Fuck, I mean, I’m a run of the mill European social Democrat and I get accused of being a “lib”. You can’t get further away on the political spectrum here without being an actual Nazi.
Thinking that social democrats are further from liberal than socialists and communists is pretty funny. I’ve yet to see any social democrat party oppose market economy and/or private property. All over Europe socdem parties have been part of governments that have privatised essential markets like healthcare, public transport and housing. Their actions speak louder than their words.
I said no such thing. Also, I’m not taking questions at this time.
I mean you could be a socialist. We have mainstream socialist parties here in Norway and that's certainly some ways away. But yeah, I was trying to be charitable since the point was to explain how it can be used as an insult rather than anything else :P