Comment on House of J (John+Joan Mastodon), or: Five Ways the Fediverse could help to save Liberal Democracy
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
create an opposition to Twitter; prevent split of democratic forces; instead unite democratic forces, overcome trench warfare, show Trumpists how actual discussions look like; division of the left might be softended through this; also make unusual allies for example with neocons, traditional conservatives or yes, J.K. Rowling; the more democratic forces are in the boat, the better, the rest is solved by federation
Nevermind that the Neocons helped build the Trump State, by dint of our government being unwilling to prosecute the War Crimes of Bush and Cheney.
Nevermind that JK Rowling and others literally are making life more dangeous for trans people and for women. The number of women who “don’t look feminine enough” and are being harassed in bathrooms by cis men is fucking astounding.
Anyone who even passingly suggests bullshit like this shouldn’t be taken seriously, period.
We don’t make the world better by telling bigots that its okay to be a fucking hateful bigot.
monkeyman512@lemmy.world 5 months ago
blue_berry@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m not saying that your instance needs to federate with her. But it would be good to have her as part of the Fediverse and say: look world, in the Fediverse, people can discuss things much better than on Twitter.
That’s all I’m saying. I’m not even saying she is a good or bad person. I do think some of her statements are transphobic, but I also think she got radicalized because of the cultur war. I’m pretty sure in the Fediverse, once discussions are not heated up by algorithms, some people might become more moderate again.
Will this be the case for Rowling? Not necessarily. But she should still be in the Fediverse.
(Or at least at some point; counting her in this early may have been too provocative)
Deceptichum@kbin.social 5 months ago
No?
Lets send an even better message, “Look world, we’re not the hateful scum who give platform to promote hate against people for how they were born”.
Let’s make a stand and say we’re not like every moral less corpo site. That we value humans over advertising dollars and never ending growth targets.
blue_berry@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s still possible without banning corporations completely from the Fediverse (which will not be possible anyways). It’s just melancholic daydreaming.