Today, i couldnt upvote a post from anarchymemes@anarchist.nexus so i decided to check it out on my pc. i noticed that i was banned from the com even though i havent posted anything on the com nor the instance. i guess the reason for the ban is that i posted a meme to different comm a while ago. The meme is homophobic but i didnt know it when i was posting it. After finding out it was homophonic, i added a disclaimer to my post.
i dont think i deserved the ban, and i want to hear your thoughts.
It’s a matter of degree. I think this is technically homophobic in that it exploits the shameful stigma of homosexuality. It certainly is not celebrating homosexuality. However I think it is a degree of homophobia that does not rise to actual hatred, isn’t expressing the author’s hatred or attempting to harm gay people, it’s just expressing the latent homophobia embedded in American culture. It’s fine to want spaces without even that degree, and it doesn’t have to be a moral judgement to exclude it.