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Why tf is yesterdays discussion blocked?

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[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just a quick point here that I'll keep this thread open. Please keep this conversation civil.

I closed yesterday's post because it got real nasty real quick. We can't do that here. We're all gamers/PC enthusiasts, and we should have a welcoming and respectful community. Yesterday's post was the opposite of that.

Therefore I'll monitor this post and purge any comments that do not conform to the Rules placed in this community, as well as the rules placed by the Fediverse.

Everyone has different opinions, but we can't be nasty to each other for it. I'll always treat you all with respect and kindness.

Meanwhle, this article does raise an important perspective, and it should be something everyone here should read rather than just going straight to the comments to possibly insult each other. We need to think about what's best for the community going forward, and love and accept everyone. It's important we challenge our views, or else we'll end up in an echo chamber that resonates the same hivemind in perpetuity. We must continuously challenge our views with kindess, not with hate and anger.

Best way to do that is to talk about it - civilly.

[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I appreciate your efforts to keep things civil, even with the lacking tools to do so here on Lemmy. I hope y'all as mods take this conversation seriously because regardless of its history, at best it's been co-opted by hateful people (IE the locked thread) and at its worse it's a dog whistle for authoritarian/racist behavior. If you want civility, change the name. Only more of these 4chan rejects will come if you all do not.

[–] Rabbithole@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

because regardless of its history, at best it’s been co-opted by hateful people (IE the locked thread) and at its worse it’s a dog whistle for authoritarian/racist behavior.

Well, that sounds nice, but you seem to have forgotten to bring literally anything to back up any of that.

At no point in time do I remember going onto r/pcmasterrace and thinking "wow, this place turned into a rightwing shithole, where did all of the nazis come from?".

Just because you say that everything's been co-opted doesn't mean that it has just because you don't like the name for arbitrary reasons.

This whole thing is an argument about nothing.