I don’t wanna dive super deep into this, but ever since the news broke it feels like this place has become a hub for shit-flinging from literally everybody about the topic. Sure, I’ve seen some nuanced opinions and some people attempting to have a normal human conversation, but I just dislike people using this particular instance as the “place to be” to continue this endless flame war. Isn’t this counter to the goals of the instance? How many of us come here to argue like children about geopolitics?
Plus, a lot of the people I’ve seen pointlessly arguing about this have accounts from other instances… I’ve even seen one person post on their beehaw account, get flak for it, then switch to kbin for no reason.
And at the risk of sounding too conspiratorial, something definitely seems off about a lot of these comments. Maybe it’s how a lot just seem to be infodumping. I dunno.
It’s only been a few days. Maybe it’ll simmer down. But I don’t like the direction this is going.
Edit: I’m not recommending we censor political discussion, however in this particular instance I would say it’s wise to take a step back and think about what we say to each other
For me, in the context of this particular kind of topic where people are being slaughtered whole sale and where I profoundly disagree with some people’s stance, niceness is expressed by me remaining focused on the issue and not turning it into an exchange of insults.
It’s an ugly subject, and there are people defending some very ugly behavior, mostly out of ignorance, so I’m going to speak out and likely be angry when certain beliefs are expressed.
I don’t know that there’s a way to honestly confront this topic without some level of anger, but as long as it doesn’t rise to the level of hatred I think that will have to do in terms of niceness. That or the topic gets surpressed by the devs entirely, which would be a valid thing to want in this kind of community, even though I personally think it’s better to have the discussion, heated though it might be.