• Imotali@lemmy.worldM
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    2 years ago

    Mod here. Just want to openly and unequivocally state… I will remove your comment if you’re transphobic. I will refer to trans people to let me know if you are being transphobic. I will ban you if you make an egregiously off colour comment. and I will take pleasure in doing this. Fuck your transphobic bullshit, go somewhere else. Nobody wants you here.

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      2 years ago

      Bruh, just do your job/hobby. Mods acting high and mighty is a big part of what made reddit so toxic.

      • Imotali@lemmy.worldM
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        2 years ago

        This is my job: to make perfectly clear what is and isn’t allowed. In no uncertain terms I will make sure this place is as free from transphobia as possible.

      • gunnm@monero.town
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        2 years ago

        The good thing about Lemmy you can move to another instance with free speech.

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          2 years ago

          This is free speech. They get to say what they please. They are not free from the consequences of those words however. I, as a private citizen and not a governmental actor, can censor them.

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            2 years ago

            I disagree, free speech means the right to express any opinions and ideas without censorship or restraint even if you find them offensive.

            You said you will remove any comment that is transphobic and ban if “you make an egregiously off colour comment”.

            That is not free speech, and it’s ok. Your instance, your rules.

            • Imotali@lemmy.worldM
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              They can say what they want without restraint or restriction. They are not free from the consequences of their words.

              They can say what they like. We can ban them if we don’t like it. That’s how free speech works in a consequentialist society (modern Western society is a synthesis of consequentialism and contractualism).

            • Captain_Waffles@lemmy.world
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              Free speech is about the government not being able to restrict your speech. Guess what? Lemmy isn’t the government.