> I don't think there are any (even far) leftwanting to ban non-diverse representation.
Look at the rules to win an Oscar now.
To cite a direct and personal case, I was involved in writing code for one of the US government's COVID bailout programs, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Billions of dollars of relief, but targeted to non-white, non-male restaurant owners. There was a lawsuit after the fact to stop the unfair filtering, but it was too late and the funds were completely dispensed. That felt really gross (though many of my colleagues cheered and even jeered at the complainers).
> I think it's impossible to ban 'conservative thoughts' because that's such a poorly defined phrase.
I commented in /r/conservative (which I was banned from) a few times, and I was summarily banned from five or six other subreddits by some heinous automation. Guilt by association. Except it wasn't even -- I was adding commentary in /r/conservative to ask folks to sympathize more with trans folks. Both sides here ideologically ban with impunity and can be intolerant of ideas they don't like.
I got banned from my city's subreddit for posting a concern about crime. Or maybe they used these same automated, high-blast radius tools. I'm effectively cut out of communication with like-minded people in my city. I think that's pretty fucked.
Mastodon instances are set up to ban on ideology...
This is all wrong and a horrible direction to go in.
It doesn't matter what your views are, I think we all need to be more tolerant and empathetic of others. Even those we disagree with.
Look at the rules to win an Oscar now.
To cite a direct and personal case, I was involved in writing code for one of the US government's COVID bailout programs, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Billions of dollars of relief, but targeted to non-white, non-male restaurant owners. There was a lawsuit after the fact to stop the unfair filtering, but it was too late and the funds were completely dispensed. That felt really gross (though many of my colleagues cheered and even jeered at the complainers).
> I think it's impossible to ban 'conservative thoughts' because that's such a poorly defined phrase.
I commented in /r/conservative (which I was banned from) a few times, and I was summarily banned from five or six other subreddits by some heinous automation. Guilt by association. Except it wasn't even -- I was adding commentary in /r/conservative to ask folks to sympathize more with trans folks. Both sides here ideologically ban with impunity and can be intolerant of ideas they don't like.
I got banned from my city's subreddit for posting a concern about crime. Or maybe they used these same automated, high-blast radius tools. I'm effectively cut out of communication with like-minded people in my city. I think that's pretty fucked.
Mastodon instances are set up to ban on ideology...
This is all wrong and a horrible direction to go in.
It doesn't matter what your views are, I think we all need to be more tolerant and empathetic of others. Even those we disagree with.