so i’m writing this because i see a lot of comments removed from this community routinely.
i think we need to talk about fundamentals of what it means to be a human. to be human means to have a soul and to believe in people’s wisdom and willingness to learn and find themselves. this can only happen in an environment where people can make mistakes and not shot down when they make one.
this is a fundamental principle of human existence. i’ve seen troubling tendencies in this community that comments get removed routinely by the moderators, mostly for not fitting the moderator’s views. you have to let people talk. they may be wrong but without discussion there is no development. if you whiplash people’s thoughts, you’re only gonna end up with dogs, and that’s not good.
The whole fediverse is carefully designed to make it so there is no central authority that can in any meaningful way prevent anyone from saying anything they want. We are letting you talk, so do it. Stand up an instance. Create a community. Post your thoughts. But that freedom cuts both ways — you can’t change how the owners of this community want it to be moderated and what they want it to say.