After the recent struggle session which resulted in

isntrael

CW: It’s pretty self indulgent considering the gravity of the actual situation.

I am left disquieted due to various people who represented zionists positions directly or held space for these. Particularly (but not only) those who are admins and mods. People who think the above image is a “holocaust flag”. And otherwise seem to have conjured a fictious form of anti semitism, just for deploying here.

Well OK maybe it is allowed to give people a week or a month to mull things over and reconsider their positions. But do we come back to it? Or should I just seethe with resentment, hold a grudge, and snipe about other things going forward?

On the other hand, the majority & plurality were on the correct side of things. So that’s good. I just… Idk I don’t expect hegemony but this is literally such a simple issue. I don’t know how anyone who feels different could feel comfortable on this site. it’s like learning mods/admins are triggered by a guillotine.

In some ways it could be “the fighting is so fierce because the stakes are so low”. (The stakes = emojis)

But on the other hand, the stakes are so huge and this is just the scale of fighting that’s near at hand.

Nobody ever accused me of being perfect and well behaved so maybe I’m just throwing stones from a glass house. I explicitly must consent to whatever critique in that regard.

I would like to suggest that on the new user signup page the question be changed to read

What are your views on GSM / LGBTQ rights, racial justice, animal liberation, isntrael, and similar movements?

Although I have no idea what sort of answers people make to these. So maybe it’s stupid.

Fucking shit. People are fucking being fucking murdered right at this fucking moment.

  • LangleyDominos [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    13·
    2 days ago

    You didn’t have to go bump those threads, my point wasn’t that this thread is pushing more important threads down. One of my hopes was that someone would momentarily look outside of threads and posting all together. I guess I was hoping for a little too much.

    We may not actually agree on principle but I will vote for you to be mod or admin if the time comes.

    • T34_69 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      I unironically appreciate that you brought the attention back to the mutual aid threads (whether or not that was the specific intention), it’s actually messed up that we’re out here posting peepeepoopoo every day while our Palestinian friends are begging for us not to let them starve to death.

      I appreciate the vote and have thought about giving it a shot after I graduate but I’m for real up to my neck in real life rn (turns out it’s not easy to find correct alternator parts!) and arguing about fighting for better site culture is an enjoyable break in a way, believe it or not.