A quick note on the return2ozma ban:
You may have noticed a distinct lack of return2ozma. This is due to their admitting, in a public comment, that their engagement here is in bad faith:
I'm sure there will be questions, let me see if I can address the most obvious ones:
- Can I still post negative stuff about Biden?
Absolutely! We have zero interest in running an echo chamber. However, if ALL you're posting is negative, you may want to re-think your priorities. You get out of the world what you put into it and all that.
- Why now?
Presumption of innocence. It may be my own fault, but I do try to think the best of people, and even though they were posting negative articles, they weren't necessarily WRONG. Biden's poll numbers, particularly in minority demographics ARE in the shitter. They are starting to get better, but he still has a hell of a hill to climb.
- Why a 30 day temp ban and not a permanent ban?
The articles return2ozma shared weren't bad, faked, or from some wing-nut bias site like "beforeitsnews.com", they were legitimate articles from established and respected news agencies, pointing out the valid problems Biden faces.
The problem was ONLY posting the negatives, over and over and then openly admitting that dishonest enagement is their purpose.
Had they all been bullshit articles? It would not have taken anywhere near this much time to lay the ban and it would have been permanent.
30 days seems enough time for them to re-think their strategery and come back to engage honestly.
You are clearly misrepresenting what I am explaining to you in no uncertain terms:
Here's what I LITERALLY TOLD YOU:
Let me explain it to you like this...
Someone makes an incredibly stupid comment.
I explain why they might think that way.
That does NOT, in and of itself, make ME stupid. It's not an agreement or an endorsement of their stupidity, it's not a value judgement at all. It's an explanation.
So some idiot preacher makes an INCREDIBLY vile and homophobic video.
Somebody else explains how that tracks because Christianity has a skewed world view.
That does not make that comment intrinsically homophobic.
Had they gone "He's right! X, Y, and Z!" that would be homophobic and would have been removed.
THAT IS NOT WHAT HE DID.
If you can’t finish reading my sentences please don’t respond to me. I clearly stated that I was not trying to say the user called the LGBT community demonic. I’m saying that defending that statement by denying that it even happened or saying that it’s not homophobic because it’s a Christian theological point are themselves forms of homophobia that LGBT people encounter all the time. If you are fine with that then you are fine with homophobia in this community.
If you believe anything else you’ve said has been misrepresented feel free to have a polite discussion with me about it. Right now it seems like you just want me to say that the comments weren’t actually homophobic when they are.
The Blahaj admins had no problems instantly recognizing the account for what it was and banning them as well as removing the homophobic comments. I don’t think I’m imagining homophobia here as you’re implying.
Again, if you have any questions about how this is homophobic I am more than happy to help you understand. But what’s not going to happen is convincing me it’s not homophobic. If that’s your only intent then this conversation is best left here.
You do know that your entire comment history is visible here, right? You get that?
So when you say now "I clearly stated that I was not trying to say the user called the LGBT community demonic."
That's EXACTLY what you're saying when you demand, repeatedly, that their comment be removed for homophobia.
If the user did not make that assertion, the comment is NOT removable.
Here's what they said:
"The organizations supporting the movement are acting on reasoning based on philosophy that Christianity has historically identified with the devil. It's no joke his language is theological, i identify this as a Christian perspective. He's probably identifying the philosophy since the organizations themselves he labels as demonic. Obviously, he never said the people are demonic, and as fake news this article is, they manipulate to say he's accusing the homosexuals as being demonic. It's a fake news tactic."
There is not one word of homophobia in that quote. Not a single word. It is not removable and will not be removed, at least by me.
You're free to disagree, you're free to downvote, it does not break the rules.
I literally can’t downvote you or see downvotes, I’m on Blahaj.
If you don’t understand that someone can be homophobic without saying “I’m a homophobe and hate gay people” then you’re just illustrating my point here. Homophobia is welcome in this community as long as you give it the slightest veil.
If you have any questions about how the comments I linked are homophobic I am happy to answer them at any time. At this point you still seem uninterested.
Please do not contact me again only to attempt to convince me that the user banned from the instance I’m on for being a bigot wasn’t actually being bigoted.