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As it turns out, the mods in the Reddit community are supporting bigots by shutting down posts that are trans positive: (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by Rhoeri@lemmy.world to c/nomanssky@lemmy.world

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A reddit user posted screenshots of a gas giant that were beautifully adorned with the colors of the trans flag.

This attracted bigots with their agenda to disrupt the community discussion and the mods shut it down by locking the post.

So the poster created a second one with more photos as a symbolic gesture that the message was simply about pretty planets that they felt represented them-

It too, was locked.

I made a post there proclaiming that I am leaving until I see the mods replaced with those that will not give in to bigotry, and I linked to this community with the hope that people can find a new home here.

Sooooo… welcome new friends!

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[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (37 children)

Is it possible they just don't feel like dealing with and interacting with the hate? The mods are modding a game subreddit they aren't making a space where they should be expected to engage in culture wars. It's depressing having to interact with a ton of hate.

Im bi and I wouldn't want to deal with people engaging in hateful discussions about bisexual erasure on a subreddit that has nothing to do with sexuality or social issues. That isn't the space for it.

[–] CreativeShotgun@lemmy.world -4 points 6 months ago (8 children)

If this was a black person you would see this differently no? Veiled transphobia here

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

No, I would see this the same way. It’s a video game subreddit. They signed on to moderate discussions about the game not social issues.

Why do you feel entitled to the moderator’s time and energy? Why do you think you have a right to force them to confront hate on a subreddit that is about a space exploration video game?

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Leadership sets the tone of a community. If the leaders are going to allow hate towards some part of the community, that effect will spread. So why would they allow hate of any type?

Now imagine you were moderating a Spore community. Some pastel-colored planets seem pretty tame compared to the imagery that game allowed.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

If the leaders are going to allow hate towards some part of the community, that effect will spread.

They most certainly didn’t allow further hate. They killed the thread.

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