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Both of these removals are tacit endorsement of ableism and racism and this mod should be removed. (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/main@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Also here is the head mod defending a transphobe/chaser https://hexbear.net/comment/3762972

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[–] 63 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"x-tard" will never be and has never been funny. Disappointed that the mods would take down calling that out. Hexbear has been making some pretty good arguments about the overwhelming white middle class-ness of the instance. The fact that the only Vaush community I've seen is on Blahaj is a great example of it. Even Reddit libertarians aren't cool with using "tard" though. This is literally worse than Reddit libertarian moderation, and that's pathetic coming from a space that's supposed to be inclusive.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nice post. Once the emoji bug is fixed, you'd be getting the gold star above the spoiler.

    spoilerorder-of-lenin

    It really is odd to defend such a toothless phrase. It just alienates people who are neurodivergent/disabled or know people who are who would get slurred with it. And it's not like the liberals would actually be insulted by it. What's the point of using it, outside of feeling like you're 13 again.

    I'll perhaps acknowledge there's an ironic use (i.e. sometimes Hasan will use it when ironically saying what a conservative would), but even that makes me cringe.

    The chapo podcast quit using it, so if they work to stop, I don't see why posters can't.

    spoilergun-felix large-adult-son will

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  • [–] [S] 24 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Yeah Hasan sucks too. Does he suck less than most streamers like V**sh or D****ny? Sure. But that is a very low bar to clear.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hasan just sucks for far different reasons. Vaush is actively aggressive towards leftist people of color. Maybe I just haven't seen enough cause I don't watch react streamers, but Hasan just seems a bit out of touch because of his money. As far as streamers go, I think he receives far more hate than is warranted.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    my biggest issue with him is that he's willing to drop slurs. he's a bit on the lib side with the electoralism but like that's not a huge deal -- having a streamer explaining Marxism is just plain a good thing. but he needs to do some self-crit on the slurs.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    To be clear, those removals were by a community mod, appointed by another community mod. As soon as I became aware of them, I restored the posts in question and messaged the community mod, making the expectations of the instance clear.

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