“WHAT ARE YOUR CRIMES”
But even in this context, who were you degrading and why?
definitely_AI@feddit.online 11 hours ago
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 11 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.
definitely_AI@feddit.online 11 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”
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
That’s not at all what I am saying. I think you may have become the thing you are raging against.
lath@piefed.social 11 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.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
You’re right. I suppose I should have said, you don’t complain about rules that you agree with. But generally, when someone’s on here complaining about being silenced and specifically quotes “People should not be harassed for these reasons:” I’d bet it was because they harassed somebody for one of those reasons and they feel that they should be able to do that.
Voidian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 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).
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
“The only people worried about privacy are those with something to hide.”
Voidian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 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.
definitely_AI@feddit.online 11 hours ago
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.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
That’s not anarchy, that’s being an asshole. You are generalizing an entire group based on the actions of one person.
Voidian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 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.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Then I think instead of saying “This type of people do this bad thing”, maybe phrase it as “doing this goes against the values of the people you claim to be a part of”.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Lol I literally tagged you as a user who generalizes groups of people unfairly.