We’ve already defederated one tanky instance, and frankly I think I’ve rarely had a positive interaction with Hexbear users. Their defence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, or of China’s genocide against the Uighur people, is hard enough to stomach. But what prompted me to post this is their commentary in this thread where even without any of the propaganda-based reasons to justify their beliefs, they seem to delight in being rude arseholes to people.
Personally, I don’t think they provide us any real value, no we’d be better off without them, just as we are better off without lemmygrad and exploding-heads.
Jesus that’s very generous. It’s “playful banter” in the way 4chan uses the term, or Donald Trump does, maybe. It’s toxic behaviour, plain and simple. The only thing up for debate is whether they’re doing it out of ignorance or, as I suspect, because they deliberately want to drive out the kinder voices.
Are usually, I dunno, funny? They’re also contextual. You don’t rib a mate when he’s looking for sincere feedback, you read the room. In their case, they’re reading the room and seeing a prime opportunity to prey on the vulnerable.
It’s not. The way they use this incredibly inclusionary tool to make fun of the concept, however, is. Saying their pronouns are “comrade” and “use name” makes a mockery of the concept. It reminds me of that old transphobic “attack helicopter” joke.
Is it theoretically possible that this is the case? Sure. But again you’re being very generous to a group of people who have demonstrated themselves not to deserve that generosity. Especially when we’re talking about people who care enough about the issue to comment on it in this thread.