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because its rude as hell to go into someones safe space and start acting like you know better or being dismissive of their beliefs. Especially when you dont actually want a well reasoned answer, you just want to stir shit.

You're running on a lot of assumptions.

I made a comment that had nothing to do with any of that. It received quite a few upvotes (10+), then someone misread it and accused me of antisemitic dog whistling, which was not the case. In other words, they were stirring up shit and making a bad-faith argument.

So I clarified my position, then other users piled on, the mod(s) deleted my comments, and I left.

And the user who made that accusation had made what could be perceived as an anti-Italian remark in a comment a few days before. My paternal grandparents were Italian. Needless to say, I was a bit upset that this person didn't follow the very strict standards that they held me to.

(By the way, Blahaj is also an LGBTQ+ safe space. The difference is, they're not assholes.)

Feel free to check my post history here; stirring up shit is not my style.

In the meantime, I'll leave you with some recommended reading, here and here.

Hi there!

Speaking of which, I was in a discussion about that yesterday:

I specifically avoid .ml and .world because the collective behavior (i.e., hostility, downvote trolling, etc.) is so much like Reddit.

Beehaw, Hexbear and Blahaj have all disabled downvotes, but Blahaj is the only one that's decent, which is why I'm here.

(I would link directly to these if I could, but am having issues with that.)

For what it's worth, Discuit is also a generally friendly place.

Official portrait, 2025

This is similar in appearance to the one I posted a few weeks ago -- both are Chicago Surface Lines streetcars, but this one was built by Pullman.

details here

video footage here (YouTube short)

I specifically avoid .ml and .world because the collective behavior (i.e., hostility, downvote trolling, etc.) is so much like Reddit.

Beehaw, Hexbear and Blahaj have all disabled downvotes, but Blahaj is the only one that's decent, which is why I'm here.

plus I wonder just how capricious they are

very

For example, I once referred to a bigoted minister as a "moron" and was accused of using "ableist" language.

After two more similar incidents there, I bailed.

I specifically avoid Beehaw, Hexbear and World for that reason.

the original "landed gentry" himself

Indeed; we saw a lot of that on Nov. 5.

The press conference featured a host of anti-trans advocates from the sports world, including volleyball player Rebekah Allick, who openly called for Christian nationalism while rejecting the separation of church and state.

OK, lets unpack this:

James Madison was a strong advocate for the separation of church and state.

Madison was one of the Federalist Papers' authors. He is regarded as the inspiration for the Federalist Society.

The current "conservative" Supreme Court majority are all members of the Federalist Society.

They are also the ones most inclined to tear down the wall between church and state.

This makes zero sense.

And pretending to care about it didn't cost them anything anyway.

But after Jan. 20, they're probably afraid that it might.