What irks me the most is the spinelessness of a lot of mods. Shadow banning and banning without an explanation just striffling free speech without acountability. Freedom of expression should not be subject to the whims of individuals!

If this gets me banned than you are worse than spez

    • BillDaCatt@kbin.social
      161·
      11 months ago

      Freedom of speech means that you won’t be jailed by the government for speaking your mind even when your position is not popular.

      Freedom of speech does not mean that everyone gets to speak and be heard on any subject they desire to whoever they want. It also does not mean that everyone, or anyone, wants to hear it. Individuals are free to censor you as much as they want.

      Interaction is a community effort with a social contract that everyone tries to behave within the bounds of the community rules. If you break those rules, even if for a good reason, it is not unreasonable for the community to object.

        • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
          71·
          11 months ago

          You pointed out that self hosting doesn’t prevent bans, and they were essentially saying that anyone concerned with digging bans reeks of entitlement when they demand to be heard on platforms where they aren’t wanted.

        • BillDaCatt@kbin.social
          32·
          11 months ago

          No. I just felt like you did not understand how free speech and censorship worked.

          Creating an instance so you have a platform to speak from is always an option, but other instances having the ability to block that instance is not a sign of it being broken. It means the system works as intended.

    • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      92·
      11 months ago

      So? If people refuse to amplify your message that’s not a “freedom of speech” issue.

      Sometimes I think these free speech morons will cry censorship over anything less than guaranteed bandwidth straight into our brains.

      They want to show up, use a community someone else has built to carry their message, and if they can’t, it’s “freedom of speech!”

      Let’s just put that shit away for good. Non-solution? It’s a non-problem, akshully.