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  • Just speaking personally here.

    First, I don't have time to review all of this right now. It might take me a full day or more. Not that I'm a huge authority in the scope of LW, but I do want to say a bit early.

    I've had some issues with the way Jordan has handled things, absolutely. I've talked to him privately about those, and I'm still not particularly happy about those.

    But setting that aside for now, some of this post goes too far. Not liking protests that block traffic in Portland doesn't make you racist. That article you linked doesn't make him racist.

    If that one claim in this wall of text is wrong, it certainly shades the rest of it. Some is wrong and some is right. Parsing that out is going to take some effort and time. I'd encourage people to not take too much of this at face value. It's going to take a lot of consideration, and a more thoughtful response is going to take some time.

    • The article maybe but I thought his defense of it was pretty ignorant. Maybe not racist in the “black people inherently have less worth than white people” sense but in the “I don’t understand the problems you face and therefore I dismiss them” sense, absolutely.

      That said, I’m not sure I agree someone’s personal political views should be disqualifying from being a mod. The vast majority of people, maybe even everyone, has bad takes on some issues. If this is disqualifying then everyone is disqualified.

      The real question is do these views unduly influence your moderation? Are you able to mod in a relatively impartial manner despite your views? The behavior that speaks to that question is what matters. I didn’t see any mod actions suggesting anti-black racism listed here, but maybe with respect to Israel?

      I think the post would be better to stick to mod actions specifically, and address JL’s behavior and views only where it connects to that. This isn’t a place to put someone on trial for wrongthink, it’s a place to address abuses of power.

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