I'll go on record unequivocally: transphobia is not OK ever. Transwomen are women, transmen are men, and it's not in any way funny to pretend otherwise even as a "joke". It's hurtful and harmful.
I'll go on record unequivocally: transphobia is not OK ever. Transwomen are women, transmen are men, and it's not in any way funny to pretend otherwise even as a "joke". It's hurtful and harmful.
It's a feeling, hard to describe, but the Internet went for mostly toxic, with only a few sanitized places, to now almost fully sanitized. It ruined the fun.
The Fediverse fractured, mostly because some percentage of users, had to find a way to silence those offensive to them, for the entirety of their instance. I really don't want this place, taking the same path.
It's a feeling, hard to describe, but the Internet went for mostly toxic, with only a few sanitized places, to now almost fully sanitized. It ruined the fun.
The Fediverse fractured, mostly because some percentage of users, had to find a way to silence those offensive to them, for the entirety of their instance. I really don't want this place, taking the same path.
> I also think it’s important to add, that no group, event or action, should be considered “protected from humor”.
"Humor" is punching up. "Abuse" is punching down. Yes, groups "below" you in the pecking order should be free from your "humor", because that "humor" amounts to abuse much of the time. What you're saying here is what lousy people say to defend their abuse as "just a joke; why don't people have a sense of humor anymore" etc.
> to now almost fully sanitized. It ruined the fun.
Are you joking? You are not looking at the same internet I am, then, and I'm old enough to have used USENET. This is nonsense.
> The Fediverse fractured, mostly because some percentage of users, had to find a way to silence those offensive to them, for the entirety of their instance. I really don’t want this place, taking the same path.
This is 100% horseshit and wrong. There is literally no sense in which the Fediverse "fractured." One look at connectivity graphs among instances proves that, so where is this coming from? Where are you getting this nonsense and why are you repeating it? Again, you are repeating the talking points/bullshit of bad actors. If black people (for instance) don't want instances they use to federate with instances that allow and promote racism, that is their right and they should be protected in doing what they need, not called "fractured". Just like you don't have to invite a racist into your house and listen to their garbage for the sake of avoiding "fracturing", whatever you mean by that.
It's so bizarre, but unfortunately predictable, how people who don't even know what happened in a given event feel the need to jump up and defend "humor" or "free speech" or some such empty ideal. I'd urge you to ask yourself why you felt the need to do that.
Let's use the word "making fun of":
"Make fun of" an individual can cause emotional harm. At worse it can cause bodily harm in terms of suicide or psychological harm in terms of depressions. Humor can be both a tool for good as well as a weapon for bad.
The same applies to groups of people, no matter their circumstances, beliefs, etc.
In California for example I discovered that even "making fun of myself" (being blind) was even considered illegal so I had to be careful about my own sense of humor when stupid shit would happen to me because of my lack of good eyesight.
Its important to understand and have empathy towards others, that they may not find the same things you do as "funny", but sometimes quite offensive or even hurtful.
Let's use the word "making fun of":
"Make fun of" an individual can cause emotional harm. At worse it can cause bodily harm in terms of suicide or psychological harm in terms of depressions. Humor can be both a tool for good as well as a weapon for bad.
The same applies to groups of people, no matter their circumstances, beliefs, etc.
In California for example I discovered that even "making fun of myself" (being blind) was even considered illegal so I had to be careful about my own sense of humor when stupid shit would happen to me because of my lack of good eyesight.
Its important to understand and have empathy towards others, that they may not find the same things you do as "funny", but sometimes quite offensive or even hurtful.
Let's use the word "making fun of":
"Make fun of" an individual can cause emotional harm. At worse it can cause bodily harm in terms of suicide or psychological harm in terms of depressions. Humor can be both a tool for good as well as a weapon for bad.
The same applies to groups of people, no matter their circumstances, beliefs, etc.
In California for example I discovered that even "making fun of myself" (being blind) was even considered illegal so I had to be careful about my own sense of humor when stupid shit would happen to me because of my lack of good eyesight.
Its important to understand and have empathy towards others, that they may not find the same things you do as "funny", but sometimes quite offensive or even hurtful.
Let's use the word "making fun of":
"Make fun of" an individual can cause emotional harm. At worse it can cause bodily harm in terms of suicide or psychological harm in terms of depressions. Humor can be both a tool for good as well as a weapon for bad.
The same applies to groups of people, no matter their circumstances, beliefs, etc.
In California for example I discovered that even "making fun of myself" (being blind) was even considered illegal so I had to be careful about my own sense of humor when stupid shit would happen to me because of my lack of good eyesight.
Its important to understand and have empathy towards others, that they may not find the same things you do as "funny", but sometimes quite offensive or even hurtful.