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"Are there any Lemmy/Mbin instances by women for women?"
Where is the division?
lol just change it for other noun
You see the problem here?
Okay now lets change it again.
"Are there any Lemmy communities FOR rape survivors and by rape survivors?"
And someone says "Well why do you want to create division? Shouldn't rapists also have a chance to share their side?"
I'm not saying this is a realistic "turn the tables" but neither is yours. I will explain why.
Right now, despite whatever stupid fucking propaganda a select few assholes are hung up on, there are no systemic attacks happening on white people just for being white. At least none of any value or meaning. No, fringe groups don't count because they don't have power and never will have power in this system. However there ARE in fact many white-nationalist groups that ARE gaining power and voice, and attempting to return to an old hegemonic ideal of race. This isn't a "that's not fair!" issue, this is an issue about our very future as a diverse species sharing a world together.
I don't think there should be ANY exclusionary spaces, but I do think there should be well-moderated spaces for people of similar ideas or demographics to share thoughts without being attacked for their identity. There should be spaces where people know they will be ejected for trying to sabotage the conversations.
Division and segregation hurts all of us, and if we want to fight it, we have to fight the fuckers who drive people to want to escape, we have to fight the trolls and monsters and bullies and nazis who make people feel afraid. Those are the ones trying to divide us, and those are the ones we shouldn't be giving voice to.
I agree up to a certain point. You say moderation I say censorship.