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A bit over a month ago, a user posted in !main@sh.itjust.works to propose defederating from maga.place. That post was followed by a discussion in !agora@sh.itjust.works a week ago, which seems to have gained some traction. In response, we're going to hold a vote on the matter. Voting will be open for one week, through Friday, November 7.

The Agora discussion post is here:
https://sh.itjust.works/post/48420886

Only sh.itjust.works accounts created prior to today (October 31) may cast a vote.

Vote by commenting either yes/aye/oui or nay/no/non.

Any further discussion should happen in the Agora post linked above.

Additional Context/Discussions

Similar discussion at lemmy.ca: https://sh.itjust.works/post/46502305

Other fediverse instances are also defederating: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48111431

The instance's page at Fediseer: https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/maga.place

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[–] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oui.

Il ne faut pas tolérer l'intolérence.

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[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 67 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)
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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yes. Tolerating intolerance only leads to more intolerance; death to fascist ideology.

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[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

Yes, get rid of them.

[–] JollyBrancher@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago
[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes

This one seems like a no-brainer.

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[–] Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes

But: this is going against my belief to not create self-reinforcing echo chambers. I truly believe it's better to meet them and challenge their (rather stupid) opinions, but MAGA has just gone too far for me to even bother trying.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I truly believe it’s better to meet them and challenge their (rather stupid) opinions

I spent months on another social media platform doing just that and I learned quite a bit about Maga and none of it was good. They literally had nothing to back up their opinions besides posts and videos by other right wing assholes. Their "research" was entirely within their own echo chamber and outside information, no matter how authoritative, wasn't considered at all. Information they couldn't easily disregard or ignore like quotes directly from congressional reports didn't change their minds either, although it did shut them up.

In addition, 80% of Trump supporters on that site were functionally illiterate. They couldn't spell, capitalize, or use punctuation, nor could they write a complete, coherent sentence. They likely had just as much trouble reading.

I did learn that they really didn't like it when someone was able to easily disprove some of their bullshit in a sentence or two and I was threatened more than once by Maga assholes on that site.

There is no challenging Maga Nazis, Trump said it, they believe it, and that settles it.

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