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I think it's the belief that since white supremacy has so closely linked itself with Trump base that it is hard to support Trump without the connotations of rac

• gridlockd 7y ago
  > Anyway it should be mentioned this is a crocheting website first and foremost, not a politics one. Exactly, they got their priorities straight: 1. Crocheting 2. Assessments on what is and isn't white supremacy 3. Knitting
  • happytoexplain 7y ago
    Wouldn't any website reasonably be motivated to ban hateful content, and in practice usually do? Most places seem to just rely on good old human moderation and subjectivity. It's imperfect, but it would be naive to think you could write perfectly deterministic rules for identifying hateful content. It doesn't mean you should fall back to inaction.
    • gridlockd 7y ago
      A website could be reasonably motivated to ban anything that is disturbing the intended operation, especially political discussion. The irony here is that putting out the claim that "Support of the Trump administration is undeniably support for white supremacy" is an extreme political statement that is likely going to disturb intended operation going forward.
  • TomK32 7y ago
    Exactly, knitting goes third, and I'm just not saying that as a crocheter.