Censorship is always the first step. Genocide is the last step. People getting mad when the first step toward fascism is crossed is a very good thing to fight fascism and try to prevent a future genocide. This is exactly what the poem is about : react on the first step, because it will be too late when the genocide starts.
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MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Can people please stop using the genocide poem to talk about businesses indpendently choosing to moderate porn games on their platforms?
No one will die from this. There is no government mandate. This is tone-deaf and offensive for anyone who has and is currently experiencing genocide. People in my country are being rounded up and disappeared. You just can’t goon on itch anymore. Boo freaking hoo.
bouh@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Finally someone mentions it. It’s just straight up gross to compare. But I will say it only makes sense for people to get mad over here.
In the context of US: Gay, lesbian, or trans characters existing is enough to label a media under “porn” and states like Florida regularly ban lgbtq+ books using this loophole.
So a lot of people instinctively go on defensive when anyone bans porn.
Also full story wasn’t the business independently chosing to moderate. Another company told them to and game company had to comply.
People are mad an unrelated company out there is trying to regulate what you can’t buy with your money. It just feels weird.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Straight up wholly accurate and applicable. If you don’t understand that basic fact, maybe you need to hear it referenced a few more times…
UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Yeah they can just start banning media made by and about queer people. Totally fine and won’t hurt anyone or lead to anything worse. That’s certainly not one of the first things the Nazis did…