@ernest how do I report a Magazin on kbin.social ? There is a usere called “ps” who is posting to his own “antiwoke” Magazin on kbin.social. Please remove this and dont give them a chance to etablish them self on kbin.social. When I report his stuff it will go to him because he is the moderator of the magazin? Seems like a problem. Screenshot of the “antiwoke” Magazin /sub on kbin.social. 4 Headlines are visible, 2 exampels: “Time to reject the extrem trans lobby harming our society” “How to end wokeness” #Moderation #kbin #kbin.social 📎

edit: dont feed the troll, im shure ernest will delet them all when he sees this. report and move on.

Edit 2 : Ernest responded:
“I just need a little more time. There will likely be a technical break announced tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Along with the migration to new servers, we will be introducing new moderation tools that I am currently working on and testing (I had it planned for a bit later in my roadmap). Then, I will address your reports and handle them very seriously. I try my best to delete sensitive content, but with the current workload and ongoing relocation, it takes a lot of time. I am being extra cautious now. The regulations are quite general, and I would like to refine them together with you and do everything properly. For now, please make use of the option to block the magazine/author.”

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    Welcome to the real world, where people disagree with you, and sometimes they’re right and you’re wrong. You can learn from everyone’s perspective.

    Is kbin meant to be a far-leftist echo chamber?

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      its a far right talking point, do you want extremist on kbin.social?

      Edit: Funny, your the guy agreeing with “ps”.

      “No normal person who obeys the laws of sexual morality calls himself a “cis”. It’s a slur used by those who hate being called something they don’t call themselves (their God-given gender), but have too much cognitive dissonance and too much hatred for normal people to let that stop them. We need to reopen the asylums yesterday” - this you ?

      more hatefull stuff from you “We may not all have been Christian back then, but almost all of us were, and everyone supported Judeo-Christian values without question. Homosexuals were regularly taken outside and beaten to a pulp, so it was extremely rare for anyone to think such behavior was acceptable.”

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        I don’t usually go to through other people’s comment history, but this one is a goldmine

        “It made sense back when everyone was, more or less, on board with the program of western civilization. We may not all have been Christian back then, but almost all of us were, and everyone supported Judeo-Christian values without question. Homosexuals were regularly taken outside and beaten to a pulp, so it was extremely rare for anyone to think such behavior was acceptable. At this point we need to ask ourselves what the purpose of freedom is. Are we a free people so we can exercise perverted pleasures of the flesh, the slaughter of innocent babies, and genital mutilation of children without their parents knowledge? If you answer “yes”, you just might be repeating the whisper of a demon.”

        “woke neo-marxism claims that any normal person is bad. That means its practitioners openly discriminate against conservative white Christian men, especially if they practice heterosexual behavior in a traditional marriage.”

        “Ironically, secession is about the most American thing we could do at this point”

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        Unfortunately I don’t know how to report magazines/users so I can’t help you there but I just want to add my support to what you’re asking because this sort of thing is against the kbin terms of service:

        We expect all users to treat each other with respect and kindness. Harassment, hate speech, or any other form of harmful behavior will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to remove any content or user that violates these guidelines.

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          The communist far-left calls all disagreement “hate speech”. It is not hateful to speak the truth.

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            You are longing for the times when “Homosexuals were regularly taken outside and beaten to a pulp”. Isn’t this hateful?

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              It would be if that’s what I said, but I never said I was longing for anything, and I never threatened to harm anyone.

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                  No, actually I say what I mean. You might try taking the context of the entire comment into account. It was about the purpose of freedom.

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                    The tolerance of intolerance leads to the loss of all freedom. You’d have to be either a fraud or a fool to try and sell the opposite as truth. So which are you?

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                Whatever, I copied your whole paragraph in another comment, and the context is pretty clear for anyone who cares to read it. I didn’t claim that you personally were threatening to do the beating, only that you thought that the beating was desiderable for the “program of western civilization”. If you really don’t want homosexual people to be beaten to a pulp, then you should seriously reconsider how you express your ideas.

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                  Even taking that paragraph out of context is misleading. The whole comment was about the purpose of freedom.

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                    You still haven’t addressed my point. Do you think it is desiderable that homosexual people are beaten to a pulp? Is a YES/NO question, it shouldn’t be difficult to answer.

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                That’s called masturpraying.

                You’re not hurting anyone (in the physical sense) but you’re getting off on the idea that bad things should happen to other people, people you consider to not be in your “in group”, and this is usually done in the name of and for the glory of God.

                It’s a fancy sin that preachers don’t tell people about because they’re usually guilty of it themselves.

                Masturpraying is direct service to and worship of Satan, and he really enjoys it because the people who do it do it in God’s name as they commit spiritual violence against the kingdom of God and its occupants while thinking that they are doing good.

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            There is no disagreement when it comes to gender identity. You don’t get to disagree with how someone lives their life when it doesn’t effect you. It is not a “communist” ideology to support trans folks and you’re exposing how little you actually understand about politics with these types of assertions.

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              It’s off-topic to debate that here, so I’ll refrain. But suppose you’re right, and I understand nothing. And suppose the antiwoke mod knows nothing either. Would that be suitable grounds to ban a magazine and/or ban us as users?

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                Unequivocally yes. You are clearly not engaging in good faith and tolerance of malicious disinfo is basically the main problem currently facing our culture.

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                  I heartily disagree, and that’s mighty authoritarian of you. Your personal values and opinions might happen to align well with the majority of kbin users, but that doesn’t make them any more valid than anyone else’s personal values and opinions.

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                Well that depends, you’ve been pretty thoroughly educated in this post, so now what will you do about it? I fully expect you’ll return to your far right anti-woke hatemongering, in which case yes you should be blocked.

                Or you can retract it, and maybe there’s hope for you yet.

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                When they’re seeking to have people beaten to a pulp? Yes, obviously. Freedom for a few fascist bullies is unfreedom for everyone else. They can fuck off to Gab or Truth Social or somewhere else they’d be welcome. Not here.

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            If you genuinely can’t see that it’s hate speech, then you need to be blocked and not debated because you are immune to reasoning.

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              Amusing. If I can’t accept your obviously incorrect position, then you must shut down conversation because I’m immune to reasoning? Take a look in the mirror.

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            “We need to reopen the asylums yesterday” isn’t the truth, it’s your opinion.

            In my opinion, words like this are propaganda intended for radicalisation, and dehumanize people that don’t fit into rigid definitions of acceptable lifestyle. Your opinion states that these people should be deprived of liberty and free movement, and deprived of autonomy over their own bodies.

            In my opinion, I don’t need to tolerate you in my social circles, and Ernest doesn’t need to use his own computing resources to enable your shit take on what freedom is.

            Kindly go and have your “free speech” using resources that come out of your own pocket, not an unwilling person’s.

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              I respect most of what you wrote. Yes, that one sentence you quoted at the top is nothing more than my opinion. Yes, you could consider it propaganda. But I didn’t intend it to be for radicalization, and I wouldn’t hope that to be its effect.

              I don’t mean to dehumanize anyone, no matter what. But I do agree that I have advocated for a somewhat rigid definition of acceptable lifestyle.

              With regard to depriving anyone of liberty, free movement, and autonomy, that’s specifically for those who need mental help. For many years we used asylums to contain such people. Many of our current social ills began when we closed the asylums down, and changed the DSM to redefine conditions formerly considered types of insanity to now be considered perfectly healthy. This too is just my opinion, but I’m trying to clarify that it only addresses people who need mental help.

              You most certainly don’t need to tolerate me in your social circles, and I won’t be offended if you choose to block me.

              Ernest doesn’t need to do anything at all, and I think we can all agree we’re grateful for what he’s done. Personally I hope he establishes a free speech policy, but in any case we’ll see what happens.

              With regard to money, I’ve bought Ernest coffee and I hope you have too! That doesn’t entitle me to anything, of course. But it’s just to say that yes, I have contributed.

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                and changed the DSM

                Side note, that’s more an indictment of the DSM and the rigor of psychology than anything else. Whether something is a disorder or not depends on how popular it is, the whole thing reeks of quackery

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        Woke is far-leftist neo-Marxism. What you call “far right” and “extremist” is actually normal, conservative, and Christian. What you call “hateful” is actually just truth telling.

        Downvote me all you want, but you sound like naive child who hasn’t learned how to engage with competing worldviews.

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            Hatred is not speech you disagree with. It’s not speech that hurts your delicate feelings. It’s not speech that contradicts your values. It’s none of that.

            I’m fine with downvotes, although I miss old-school reddiquette back when we upvoted content that should be seen, regardless of whether or not we agreed with it. But this discussion is about banning people and magazines, not downvotes.

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              I am downvoting you because nobody should get eye cancer from your bullshit

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              Hatred is not speech you disagree with. It’s not speech that hurts your delicate feelings. It’s not speech that contradicts your values. It’s none of that.

              Right. It’s speech that tells people they’re not worthy of or welcome to exist.

              Thanks for playing.

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                That’s not exactly what hate speech is, but it’s also not what I said. Standing up for conservative Christian behavior is wholly different from telling anyone they’re not worthy or welcome to exist. We are all made in God’s image, all of us able to repent, be forgiven, and live according to God’s will.

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                  What if they don’t believe in the Christian God because the Christian God is demonstrably not real?

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                    Mmmmm, it’s more like no one can reasonably demonstrate the truth of any god, rather than any specific god being demonstrably false. It’s an important distinction. You can’t disprove a thing, but you can prove that alternate explanations are far more probable, or that the thing doesn’t fit the evidence.

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                  So perhaps you should repent for actively hurting your fellow children of God. Because unless you’re not a hardcore old-school christian, freedom of choice on how to live ones life if it doesn’t hurt anybody is a God given right. And you actively want to take that away.

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                    I absolutely do not want anyone’s freedom of choice taken away. That’s one of my core principles. God gives us free will so that we may choose. Without the ability to choose, we cannot be saved. So you are grossly misinterpreting me.

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              No one needs to see this, you are throwing out extremely basic arguments that all of us encounter every day in this regressive society. You aren’t speaking truth to power, you’re just being part of the power right now. You aren’t making yourself look good and you aren’t making the world a better, freer, more nuanced, or happier place.

              People: Hey, stop being a jackass.

              Conservatives: OMG, yoU WANT TO CREATE A FAR LeFTIST ECHO CHAMBER

              Every fucking time.

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              Can you explain how a post that was aimed towards “trans lobby harms our society” is not hatred?

              I mean I somewhat blame the OP for not linking the posts for some context, but after a bit of looking around it sounds like the posts in question are in fact hate speech and not just things to disagree with.

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                What if an article was titled “Christian lobby harms our society”? Would you consider that hateful? Personally, as a Christian, I certainly wouldn’t upvote such an article, but I wouldn’t try to get it banned either. People have viewpoints based on personal experiences, and some people find harm in some political lobbies. It’s not hatred to speak what one believes to be true.

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                    I have no doubt most of the heathens in this thread would say “yes, it is”. For anyone who believes it is, that should be your indication that your definition of “hate speech” needs severe adjustment.

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                Since you read in context, could you tell me where the hate speech is?

                I only see one article where they spend most of the time making a disclaimer in favor of trans rights, followed by a critique of non-diagnosis and surgery on children, or how nothing is allowed to be questioned. That last one we can see in this thread, people are foaming at the mouth over a title (which includes "extreme, btw…), it’s crazy.

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              Do you remember when I called you an asshole?

              I’d like to expand that you’re a mi-sogynist , homophobe, and your support for fascists leaves me with no compunctions presuming you hold racist beliefs as well.

              In short, I want to make clear this is not a case of what you may have read in Mathew 10:22. You are not being persecuted, and it is not “for righteousness’ sake”. You are a hate filled asshole who pursues policies which will harm society, and you seek to insert and establish the dominance of (what you believe to be) the word of your god while desiring safe space free from the calling out of your hate.

              I also suspect you might be closeted.

              That last line is not served as a “gotcha”. I want you to know community and acceptance can exist outside what you seem to have found convening with some very dangerous ideology on the right. I suspect at some level you want to be lead away as as you say yourself there are places you could hang out that would not challenge your beliefs. You are here in a “den of sin”.

              I will commune with a few gods (not yhwh; different better gods) to see if they can bless you with the conviction to choose kindness over cantankerousness.
              Change is possible.
              You are not broken beyond repair.
              I Love You.

              I have faith in your ability to be a better person than you have thus-far demonstrated yourself to be.

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                Wow, this is such a well composed comment that I almost want to upvote it. Nice work with all of the links and research. You deserve a better reply than I have the energy to write, as I’m tired of this conversation. Sorry.

                To address a few of your accusations:

                1. I am not racist. I’d like to remind you that the southern slaveholders were all Democrats, and the Republican party has always opposed slavery. To this day, Democrats are obsessed with skin color, in their CRT and BLM, while Republicans advocate for color-blind meritocracy. Let’s not argue about politics here, please, but no, I am not a racist.
                2. I am not closeted. I do confess that I endure other sorts of evil temptations on occasion, though, just like any human being does, so I can certainly relate to those who suffer from SSA. But as a Christian, I pray that I may be shielded from such temptation when I encounter it, and prayer works.

                And lastly, quickly, to address two other high-level points you made:

                1. I’m here because there are a large majority of non-Christians here, many of whom have no exposure to the word of God or anyone who praises it. I believe the Great Commission tells me to be here, if the community will accept me. I may get plenty of downvotes (seriously, look at my reputation score!), but if I can plant a seed in the fertile heart of even just one other person, the Holy Spirit will do His work.
                2. Despite your rejection of the one true living God, I truly appreciate your expression of love, however sarcastic it may have been (I can’t tell). I am certainly not broken, though I was a broken, drugged out nihilist in my youth before I found Jesus. I love you too, @FfaerieOxide.
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                  You seem to be under the mistaken assumption I am interested in debating you.

                  I am not. Nor do I care to hear you loudly proselytizing as a certain other group of people do.

                  I invite you to consider why you get the reaction you universally seem to to your posts, and proffer that it is not because everyone is jealous that Jesus loves you more than them.
                  I am not however here to convert you, nor do I intend to platform fascist talking points by treating them as worthy or needing of debate.

                  I will leave you with the words of one of the prophets of my faith,

                  “You ain’t a vampire; you don’t have to suck.”

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          If you answer “yes”, you just might be repeating the whisper of a demon."

          So, wait… people who have a competing world view from yours are listening to demons? Now who’s naive? xD

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          “Far Right” and “Extremist” are not Christian. Christian is John 13:34

          “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.”

          That’s what being woke is. Loving one another, regardless of how we may or may not have sinned.

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          We are all happy to engage with competing worldviews

          What you call “far right” and “extremist” is actually normal, conservative, and Christian. What you call “hateful” is actually just truth telling.

          This isn’t a competing worldview, or rather, it’s a competing worldview in the same way that phrenology and alchemy are competing ways to view anatomy and chemistry. Like, it’s possible to genuinely believe in these things if your conditions of childhood existence are so constrained, isolated, or manipulated that you are happier living life in your own personal ‘Truman show.’ But the rest of us don’t have an obligation to play along with your fantasy.

          Most of us here on the internet have at some point met someone we’ve had a reasonable political disagreement with but could walk away understanding each other better due to those disagreements. Most of us would even say thise diagreements have gone in both political directions. The same cannot honestly be said for folks with your version of a ‘world view.’ It’s like a method actor but worse because it lacks any goal, it’s like a person suffering mental but worse because the cause (Patriarchal models of religion) is external, intentional, and had been prosthlytizing delusion as a worldview for millenia.

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          You know, calling everyone not on your political compass “Not Normal” is kindof not coming off as mature as you think it is…

          Basically rather than “disagree” with people, you’re creating strawmen to debase anyone speaking to you, so you don’t have to disagree with them.

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            I’m sorry. That sounds reasonable. I’m really trying to avoid political debate here, and just stand up for kbin allowing a diversity of perspectives. I understand how that might come across as you describe.

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          Woke is far-leftist neo-Marxism

          Lmaoooo with the buzzwords. Define far-left neo marxism and give some examples of it being promoted by US politicians.

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            I’d be happy to do that, but not in the context of this thread. If m/antiwoke survives, maybe we can have a mutually respectful disagreement about it there in a few days.

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      I don’t want kbin to be a far-leftist echo chamber. I also don’t want kbin to be a far-right echo chamber. I think it’s perfectly reasonable to want to protect a community from extreme and hateful views, regardless of which side they come from, because those views tend to attract the type of horrible, toxic people such as yourself who advocate beating the shit out of people for being different in a harmless way.

      Welcome to the real world, where people who are different from you exist and mind their own business. If you can’t put up with people who don’t affect you in any way, I don’t think the rest of us owe it to you to put up with you, either. Go find a cesspit to wallow in.

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        I upvoted you because your response was based on a misunderstanding of me. I never advocating for harming anyone, and I would never do that.

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          Oh, and about sexual morality, here’s how that works:

          If it doesn’t involve children, animals, the deceased, or non-consenting people, it’s none of your business. Persecuting people who have done nothing to you is immoral.

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              Matthew 7:5 -You hypocrite! First, remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

              Maybe worry about yourself first, guy who pines for the “good old days” when gay people used to get the shit beat out of them. Nobody corrupts the God’s word like loud, intolerant far-right Christians.

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                Do you know how many times in this thread I’ve explained that I never expressed a desire for harm to come to anyone? And each time I’m just downvoted and mocked with a “we know what you really mean” attitude. No, really, I don’t pine for that. Some people just really love to hate on Christians.

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      You present the false choice between hateful extremists and left wing extremists.

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        I agree that would be a false dichotomy. I disagree that I presented that choice. But I appreciate that you’re actually engaging with ideas here.

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      @kbinMeta
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      Considering the issue about tankies on some lemmy instances, I think we understand how much left is too far left. And what you describe as “woke” isn’t it.

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        I concede that’s a very good point. The term “far-left” (just like “far-right”) is problematic because there’s such a wide spectrum. In the center-left, you have old-school leftists like Bill Maher. On the far left you have tankies. In between them you have the woke. So what do we call that? I can’t pretend to answer the question, but I recognize that you have a very good point. Personally I’ll continue calling woke far-left until I learn a more appropriate term.