Comment and thread in question: https://lemmy.world/comment/23138585
Ban from that community, memes@lemmy.ml:
Rule 1 of said community: Be civil and nice.
Rule 1 of said instance: No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
I was clearly not bigoted in any manner, and I believe more civil than the way I was treated, was it the Code of Conduct? Excerpts:
Please be kind and courteous. There’s no need to be mean or rude.
Respect that people have differences of opinion and that every design or implementation choice carries a trade-off and numerous costs. There is seldom a right answer.
I think I was kind with the people I disagreed with, even if they could not be in return, yet those comments (some including ableist slurs) remain. I think this is enough to demonstrate it is merely a difference in ideology which motivated the ban. Well, bans, because it seems they copied and pasted the same ban in all the communities they have access to:
It’s not a general lemmy.ml ban, just those in particular.
I understand this kind of behavior in safe space communities that don’t want outsiders bellyaching about the pragmatism of electoral politics, but that’s not the case in any of the communities I’ve been banned from, nor is it a part of the instance rules or CoC.
PTB or triggered shitlib? Not an exclusive or, of course.
How sheltered are YOU? America is a conservative country and things change slowly, but they do change. Some thing have improved in my lifetime, I don’t think that’s a controversial statement. Just because capitalism hasn’t been completely overthrown yet doesn’t mean there is no change.
I’m a union rep, so not sheltered at all. I have a front row seat to the degradation of society. Things have been consistently getting worse since the '70s at least.
Sure, some things have improved, nobody is denying that. Some things have improved, but many more significant things have gotten worse. The thing is, the stuff that has improved is like +5 improvement, and the things that have gotten worse is like -100.
TVs are cheaper, but food, rent and childcare are more expensive, all relative to wages, just for an example.
I want to go back a step, and try to understand you here. What do you do for work?
Thanks for your work! I was in a union all the way up until I retired last year. They are becoming more and more rare these days, sadly.
Well, except the acceptance of queer people, of course. Women’s lib is also much more widely accepted, if we’re going that far back.
Nobody except you?
I don’t disagree.
I do unskilled labor.
Women who are being forced to be baby factories, jump through hoops to vote, must still accept “no fault” divorce (IF they can afford it) and walk away with nothing after decades of unpaid labor, physical, sexual, financial, and psychological abuse… gtfoh.
I am trying to have a good faith discussion with you here and you are literally saying I am denying something while quoting me NOT DENYING IT.
No fucking way you’re not a troll. Absolutely unbelievable.
Literally nobody in a blue collar job says this, hahahaha.
Nice try, OP, but the game is up. You’re a fucking liar.
Sorry bud you don’t get to pull “good faith” because you later admit that things have improved. If you want to have a discussion then maybe open with “yeah some things have improved” instead of denying it until it’s inconvenient. Well actually you opened with “Lmfao you are such a shitlib” so forgive me if you’ve now decided to be less of a cunt.
Sorry for not posting personal information, buddy.
So you agree that Democrats have not consistently gotten worse on every issue then? And therefore both evils are not getting more evil over time?
If you really want a good faith discussion, stop making assumptions about why I disagree with you and address my points.
Sorry to butt in but I figured I should start identifying the logical fallacies I’ve been referencing.
This is an invalid inference. Dems aren’t getting worse on every issue ≠ Dems aren’t getting more evil over time
if they want to have a conversation, they should probably find somebody with the mental capacity to actually have one.
That’s ableist honey
you were warned to cut out the honey. apologize now, and stop doing it.
Sorry I don’t apologize to facsists. The only good nazi is a dead one
Nah dude, why would I continue to discuss with you in good faith at this point? You are so obviously arguing in bad faith. You have no points. You are wrong. If you self-reflect, you’d KNOW you’re wrong. You know how Trump supporters refuse to confront reality because they’re so deep in denial? That’s you. 100%.
This is exactly how you get banned. You deserve it. Bad faith liar who supports fascism.
Bye bye, blue MAGA. You fascist freaks are history.
Because you said you wanted to understand?
Sorry buddy but that’s just me matching your energy, you couldn’t even go one reply in good faith. I matched your good faith energy when I got to that portion of your reply, and you immediately call foul. Now that seems like bad faith.
mhmm right, everyone you disagree with obviously knows they are wrong but just won’t admit it.
Wow so because I disagree with you… I’m some kind of… Blue MAGA? How original, definitely not a thought terminating cliche.
Okay, you know what, I’m a really nice, reasonable guy, so I will give you another chance.
If you try your best to tell the truth instead of lying, try to assume good faith, hold back on personal attacks, don’t misrepresent my positions, or strawman my arguments, then I’m sure we can talk this out. If something seems unclear or unreasonable to you, ask what I mean instead of assuming, and I will do the same for you.
Now, let’s have the truth: what do you do for work? You don’t need to dox yourself, just share what industry you work in. I promise, I won’t judge you, whatever it is. If you’re a landlord, a cop, that’s all fine, let’s just have an honest, good faith, dialogue and exchange of ideas. Doesn’t that sound nice?
Now see, that doesn’t seem like such a nice-guy good faith thing to say. I haven’t been lying, and I don’t appreciate you purporting that.
But okay, sure, I mean I wish we could have started with “hold back on personal attacks, don’t misrepresent my positions, or strawman my arguments,” don’t know why that wasn’t an option, but let’s go.
Unskilled labor, retail. That’s it. There are thousands of different jobs in different industries that are largely identical to mine, because I deal with customers. No, we don’t have a union.