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Anyone Else Noticing Increasingly Conservative Commentary from Outside Instances? (beehaw.org)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by millie@beehaw.org to c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org

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In the past few weeks I feel like I've seen a lot more conservative comments being posted on Beehaw. Where before it seemed like occasionally some dazed right-winger would wander through now and then, it now seems a bit more like they specifically show up to any thread that brushes up against one of their pet issues.

The most recent example I've noticed is around the stuff with the Ladybird devs being weird about being asked to use inclusive pronouns, but it seems like a pattern.

Has anyone else noticed this? Any thoughts on a course of action other than blocking them all individually or reporting particularly grievous examples?

I really would be disappointed to see every single thread here slowly inundated with pettiness and hate.

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[–] localhost@beehaw.org 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Both threads appeared on my feed near one another and I figured it was on topic given that the other one is directly referenced in the main post here. If OP can reference another post to complain about hate, I think it's fair game for me to truthfully add that their conduct in the very same thread was also excessively hateful - how else are we to discuss the main subject of this post at all otherwise?

[–] Penguincoder@beehaw.org 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Two wrongs do not make a right. Ad hominem is not a discussion.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

This isn’t about establishing a right, but providing information on a possible path out of the hatred: self reflection and self improvement, to start with one’s own hatred.

It’s the most reliable path out, because a person actually can change themselves.