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>(That's me, by the way.) Oh, didn't know that! They really did you dirty. I'm sorry. >In some cases, not even "special treatment", but even just the sort of
by yuye 2y ago
>(That's me, by the way.)
Oh, didn't know that! They really did you dirty. I'm sorry.
>In some cases, not even "special treatment", but even just the sort of courtesy that they describe as being expected for everyone seems to be withheld.
My experience with a lot of communities is that this courtesy and expectation of argumentation out of good faith is only reserved to those that agree with the politics.
I cannot see most of your posts in the "I'm leaving too" thread, as the benevolent moderators flagged that material as a cognitohazard.
However, I think that by calling out hypocrisy, you have ruled any courtesy extended to you void. I also expect that your criticism of identity politics will be construed as "right-wing dogwhistling" by the powers that be.
As with you, it's happened to me many times, too. I criticize something and I get attacked for "wrongthink". I'm even extremely careful to write this post as I don't want people to use this to paint me as some kind of alt-right ideologue in what I can only describe as a kind of reverse McCarthyism.
My point being: Hang in there. You're not alone.
- zahlman 2y ago>I cannot see most of your posts in the "I'm leaving too" thread, as the benevolent moderators flagged that material as a cognitohazard. Please see my archives here: https://zahlman.github.io/dpo_archive/ https://zahlman.github.io/dpo_archive/ >calling out hypocrisy, you have ruled any courtesy extended to you void It suits me fine. As I said, I was leaving anyway. It would be nice to get a retraction of their false claims, restoration of my removed content, and an apology. But it's just as well that I make sure others recognize the absurdity. >I also expect that your criticism of identity politics will be construed as "right-wing dogwhistling" by the powers that be. Not in as many words, but this clearly happened over a month ago already. >in what I can only describe as a kind of reverse McCarthyism. Just as I objected to the terms "reverse racism" and "reverse sexism": political persecution doesn't have a direction, and isn't a fundamentally different thing depending on who's doing it or the kind of idea is being rejected. (Of course I don't have any sympathy for ideas that explicitly propose harm to others; but even then, the correct course of action is refutation. Persecution is for those who act on ideas and cause harm.)
- yuye 2y agoThanks, I'll check the archive out! >Just as I objected to the terms "reverse racism" and "reverse sexism": political persecution doesn't have a direction Hahaha, I expected this argument. I mention "reverse" because McCarthyism was only aimed at the left-wing. I struggled to find a term that would sufficiently cover the "if you're not with us, you're against us" mentality.
- zahlman 2y agoIt's fine, I understood what you meant. I just dislike the terminology and want to ensure my positions are known and understood to be consistent.