I experience Lemmy as a reflection of many of the problems in the world; there seems to be little effort to understand and respect different viewpoints. Instead of being curious about opinions one disagrees with, the community often feels almost aggressive. People end up in their own trenches. What about trying to be more open and curious about our differences instead?
Apparently we believe in freedom of speech—so long as the speech is something we agree with…
This whole DB0 vs. feddit.org situation is a joke. They’re using their “Anarchist Code of Conduct” to justify the exact kind of tribalist garbage it was supposed to stop.
The Code says you can’t disrespect or exclude people just for being part of some “unfavorable group.” That got binned fast. Like you say, they’re not even showcasing Feddit hosting Zionism, they’re showcasing them removing hate-speech which aligns with their own damn Code of Conduct. The hypocrisy couldn’t be more palpable.
That “democratic vote” is a joke too. The admins didn’t present a fair debate, they framed it as “Do you stand with the oppressed or with the fascists?” They loaded the language with terms like “Zionist bar problem” and “genocide apologia” to make sure the answer was obvious. That’s not democracy. That’s manipulation. That’s blatant fucking propaganda.
It’s like they think anarchism means “do what we say or you’re the real fascists.” Actually that’s exactly what they think.