this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2026
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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards
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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.
Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.
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@Sal@mander.xyz Could we get an explanation on this. It seems unfair to have a good scientific article removed from the Science instance seemingly without good reason.
I think this probably covers the explanation: https://mander.xyz/comment/27596923
it seems like @Sal@mander.xyz thinks trans people are too polarizing for his instance. his comments come across as a very "don't disturb the status quo" kind of liberal. or as I like to call them, a Nazi collaborator. because if you aren't fighting the fascists in some way, then you're actively helping them.
Agreed, by choosing to decide arbitrarily that trans people are political and shouldn't be discussed @Sal@mander.xyz is helping to further the fascist agenda against trans people. Lots of people don't know this but the number one way media alienates trans people isn't by making offensive jokes about us, or invalidating us directly, but by just erasing our existence.
That's what gamergate and not wanting queer people in video games and movies is about. They want us to stop existing in the minds of public people.
@derHolz@sh.itjust.works You have an interesting account, not at all suspicious in any way...
So is climate change political? What about vaccines or the shape of the earth?
yes yes and yes.
it's why trying to ban topics on the basis of being "political" is actually insane. we live in a world where the basic concepts of facts and shared reality are increasingly polarized and politicized. Science as a concept has become political.
Climate change should not be political. But it unfortunately is.
"Stop making it political!"
real "i don't do politics, politics do you" energy here
I look forward to them applying this consistently and banning all biology articles that mention anything relating to sexual reproduction and development. No? Just trans people? Weeeeird... Huh...
Probably articles about gayness and sexual orientation in general as well. It seems like something he would also have a problem with for being "political".
If I disagree with it or don't like it, it's political.
Maybe I should do it. I should become the first person to make a truly unbiased, "no politics allowed" community. Posting is banned. It will just be a blank page. I look forward to their attentive and continuing viewership.
You could actually do this as a bit because I believe that Lemmy lets you create a community where only the mod(s) can create new posts. You could take this bit pretty far if you wanted to.