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I mean, it's not particularly surprising that it's a lot easier to manage a community if you just find every political split point, pick a side and then remove
by FeepingCreature 3y ago
I mean, it's not particularly surprising that it's a lot easier to manage a community if you just find every political split point, pick a side and then remove the people on the other side.
I think we used to call that sort of thing "gatekeeping"?
- austhrow743 3y agoGatekeeping is about group identity. You’re not a real A unless you x, y, z. Choosing who you let in to your spaces based on criteria you choose is just the normal thing to do.
- FeepingCreature 3y agoI don't think that's how the term has been actually used so far.
- austhrow743 3y agoIt's how I see it used. There's even a large subreddit dedicated to pointing out and mocking gatekeeping and they pretty much all fit that definition. https://www.reddit.com/r/gatekeeping/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gatekeeping/
- rantallion 3y agoOf all the things you could label as gatekeeping, I don't feel that excluding hate groups is one of them. We should never be tolerant of the intolerant, otherwise intolerance wins.