Both of these removals are tacit endorsement of ableism and racism and this mod should be removed.
Also here is the head mod defending a transphobe/chaser https://hexbear.net/comment/3762972
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"x-tard" will never be and has never been funny. Disappointed that the mods would take down calling that out. Hexbear has been making some pretty good arguments about the overwhelming white middle class-ness of the instance. The fact that the only Vaush community I've seen is on Blahaj is a great example of it. Even Reddit libertarians aren't cool with using "tard" though. This is literally worse than Reddit libertarian moderation, and that's pathetic coming from a space that's supposed to be inclusive.
Nice post. Once the emoji bug is fixed, you'd be getting the gold star above the spoiler.
It really is odd to defend such a toothless phrase. It just alienates people who are neurodivergent/disabled or know people who are who would get slurred with it. And it's not like the liberals would actually be insulted by it. What's the point of using it, outside of feeling like you're 13 again.
I'll perhaps acknowledge there's an ironic use (i.e. sometimes Hasan will use it when ironically saying what a conservative would), but even that makes me cringe.
The chapo podcast quit using it, so if they work to stop, I don't see why posters can't.
Yeah Hasan sucks too. Does he suck less than most streamers like V*sh or D***ny? Sure. But that is a very low bar to clear.
Hasan just sucks for far different reasons. Vaush is actively aggressive towards leftist people of color. Maybe I just haven't seen enough cause I don't watch react streamers, but Hasan just seems a bit out of touch because of his money. As far as streamers go, I think he receives far more hate than is warranted.
my biggest issue with him is that he's willing to drop slurs. he's a bit on the lib side with the electoralism but like that's not a huge deal -- having a streamer explaining Marxism is just plain a good thing. but he needs to do some self-crit on the slurs.
Ah that makes sense. Like I said, I don't watch him so I didn't know about the slurs. Yeah he's pretty much the only mainstream streamer who actually understands being a leftist.
To be clear, those removals were by a community mod, appointed by another community mod. As soon as I became aware of them, I restored the posts in question and messaged the community mod, making the expectations of the instance clear.
Hey I'm a vaushite and all of his worst behaviors are bannable offenses within our community. His post in our rules says "don't do several things that I would do."