Comment on The same people who rage against authority love moderating communities where their ideology is the only one allowed

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• Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Buffet Anarchists.

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But even in this context, who were you degrading and why?

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  • Voidian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I haven’t degraded anyone. My focus is on the contradiction of using the language of liberation to justify the mechanics of control.

    Lemmy has a lot of performative anarchy: putting on the badass sunglasses of a rebel only to act as a gatekeeper for a specific set of permitted thoughts. When someone claims to be an anarchist but their first instinct is to use centralized power to silence anyone who doesn’t follow an ideological script, they haven’t abolished authority, they’ve just claimed it for themselves.

    True anarchy requires individual responsibility. It’s about the capacity for adults to navigate discourse through their own discernment, critical thinking and voluntary association rather than needing someone to pre-filter their reality. If a community can only exist by forcibly removing any voice that challenges the status quo, it isn’t a functional anarchist space; it’s just a digital walled garden with a cool flag.

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    • definitely_AI@feddit.online ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Lemmy has a lot of performative anarchy:

      thank you. That goes for all the lefty subs. I’m deeply involved with the leftist movement in my country, on a direct political level (I was an elected official two terms back, and am running again this cycle), and the amount of narcissistic performative ego-bullshit and echo chamber group think is jarring to me. I feel sometimes like online leftist space is like MAGA with different talking points.

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    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s not anarchy, that’s being an asshole. You are generalizing an entire group based on the actions of one person.

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      • Voidian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Calling names doesn’t change the structural reality I’m pointing out: that there are a lot of people using ‘anarchy’ as a mask for top-down, centralized authority.

        I’m not attacking anarchism. I AM an anarchist who is tired of seeing it appropriated by authoritarians.

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      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Lol I literally tagged you as a user who generalizes groups of people unfairly.

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  • definitely_AI@feddit.online ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “WHAT ARE YOUR CRIMES”

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    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The only time people complain about rules is when they have broken them or intend to break them.

      They seem upset for not being able to harass people for some reason, I’m just curious which form of harassment they feel is justified.

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      • definitely_AI@feddit.online ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        This is such a fascist take.

        “If you speak out against the party then you are an enemy of the people”

        “If you do not subjugate under Sharia then you are an infidel”

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      • lath@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Incorrect. There have been plenty of cases where an observer criticizes existing rules and their application due to inherent bias rather than an unfavorable interaction.

        People who see wrongdoing and act to stop them without personal gain do exist.

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      • Voidian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Your logic relies on a cherrypicked take of the anarchist code of conduct to manufacture a smear. You selectively cited the list of prohibited behaviors while deliberately ignoring the sections that protect rational discourse. By removing that context, you’ve created a false binary: either one submits to YOUR specific method of centralized policing, or they are a bigot who wants to harass marginalized groups. Which is exactly the kind of behavior I’m criticizing. Waving the anarchist flag because of the good parts (anti-bigotry) while ignoring the difficult parts (personal responsibility, critical thinking).

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      • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        “The only people worried about privacy are those with something to hide.”

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I just copied from the link you shared. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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