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The community c/[email protected] states in the sidebar it's a community for leftists and post leftists, but if you actually look at the posts the mods are making, it's almost nothing but trolling and telling people not to vote in the general election.

This rhetoric is especially dangerous to trans people, who this instance is supposed to be a safe space for, and West Bank Palestinians. If the USA elects a fascist president, there is guaranteed to be multiple genocides of society's most vulnerable groups, in addition to what the US is already doing in Gaza.

The mods on Liberty Hub openly troll their users and ban people for advocating left wing or harm reducing positions. The only action that is allowed on the sub is advocating political inaction in the face of genocide, taking a centrist position with regards to open fascism.

This community has absolutely no place on Blahaj Zone and should be removed by the admins.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Yes, this place was very obviously a right wing propaganda community from the first day I saw it. It's amazing so many otherwise smart leftists and progressives continue to fall for this mindless contrarian nonsense. These are trolls trying to divide us, and it's incredibly obvious to me.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Meanwhile, OP is making some pretty gross transphobic jokes about suicide on .world

https://lemmy.ca/comment/10095468

It's disgusting. You're telling people that if they're opposing a genocide, they might as well kill themselves.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Neither subtext nor empathy are yours

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're literally telling the person who was being attacked that they're transphobic you soggy napkin

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

How were they attacked? I missed that part

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Making fun of people who try to shame me into killing myself is my coping mechanism for being shamed and told to kill myself. I agree, it's gross that such a situation has even arisen. But it's not like ignoring transphobia is going to help.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You're the one making transphobic jokes about suicide in that thread

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm a trans person that has struggled with suicidal thoughts/depression for a long time. I also oppose genocide, although I don't like telling people how to vote.

Your 'joke' has a pretty clear message to people like me, and I don't like it. But I see it very often. I don't really mind when it's from some alt right bro on reddit, but it hurts a little more coming from a queer space.

You should find other ways of making your point, or else you're just doing a more wordy 48% meme.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It seems you've already made up your mind that deconstructing and condemning transphobia is transphobic, so maybe it would be best for your mental health if you avoided posts where we tell transphobes to fuck off.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You are really terrible. I don't like telling personal details online, but I thought maybe it would help you see that you're being insensitive. Instead, you just imply that I'm crazy and transphobic.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Would you understand the meme better is the used the SpongeBob meme to relay their sarcasm in that post. I'm trans and get the joke they are trying to make. People that say don't vote are privileged or ignorant of the harm that trump will do to everyone that's not white, straight, and well off financially.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

@[email protected] I've been banned from Liberty Hub as of 9 hours ago. My only interaction with the sub lately is this post here and the comment I left in the linked thread. The ban reason is "off topic", which is not a Liberty Hub or Blahaj rule. 9 hours ago is also when the thread I linked seems to have been deleted by the Liberty Hub mods, and was replaced with another thread with a near-identical image and near-identical title. The only motivation for the ban I can see is for criticising the community, and the only motivation for deleting the post I can see is to hide evidence of the behaviour I describe in the post.

Liberty Hub's 8th rule is that open discussion should be encouraged and bad faith attacks should be prevented. I believe a moderator is breaking their own community's rules in their moderator actions, while banning users for reasons that have nothing to do with the community rules. If Liberty Hub's stated rules have nothing to do with the actions taken by moderators, then there can be no oversight from the admin team to prevent instance rule violations. I believe the guideline of empathy has already been broken, and has been broken on an ongoing basis for months. The moderators of this community have gone rogue. They are not respecting the instance or even their own community's values.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I got banned there for staying I thought I was on hexbear

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

They're fascists with a leftist coat of paint, and anyone who thinks they should be allowed to propagate their views is complicit in their efforts to maximize harm.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Eh, maybe not ban, but like, remind them that this a community space, and that they should moderate and remove commenters/posters who are being actively toxic or harassing people for disagreeing.

Like, I’m not fan of Biden or the neoliberal order, but what is going on there isn’t doing anything constructive. Even if they don’t intend it, the way that space is moderated, it’s a potential harbor for bad faith trolls.

It is all spite, no solutions or discussions of means of action. Just “we sure do hate this particular side of the two ruling parties.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

You assume they are operating in good faith. This is the same harm maximization formula the_Donald used to spew hate on reddit for so long. You cannot just give bad actors infinite chances to figure out how you can be soothed and manipulated. You need to cut the cancer out while it is young cancer.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

The community is not made up of transphobes or accelerationists so there is no problem. I don't post or comment there because I don't see the point in taking the time to write or make something for an echo chamber that will just remove my comment or post. But just because I don't agree with every take in that community doesn't mean it doesn't have value.

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