A few days ago I made a post to gauge this community’s opinion on whether it should allow nice comics by bigoted artists. I think we have a consensus.

The majority of comments were very in support of banning comics by artists like Stonetoss and Jago. I heard from queer people who said they’d feel safer if the rules were changed. A lot of people were concerned about this community becoming a “Nazi bar”, the comment expressing that feeling got a LOT of upvotes.

The people against the change had two main arguments: anti-censorship, and personal responsibility. A few people equated active moderation practices with book burning. Nearly all of these “against” comments were downvoted or ratiod, and tended to have a lot of arguments underneath them, while the “pro” comments went uncontested.

On the internet, 10% of people will disagree with just about anything. With that in mind, I think we’ve reached a consensus. The community wants a rule change so that users can’t post inoffensive comics by bigoted artists.

That means no more Jago comics. I see a lot of people in the comments under the Jago posts, getting angry and saying they want this rule change. People aren’t happy with the user who’s posting all the Jago comics.

Mods, this is what we want. Please change the rules and get Jago’s comics outta here.

  • bizarroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    I agree with the quote, but I take umbrage with it being used in this context.

    There’s nothing to be gained by forcing people to act in ways that they do not wish to act, or to think in ways that they do not wish to think.

    The way you’re using that quote is basically saying, “Agree with me, and think the way I tell you to think, or you’re a bad person”.

    That is evil, and people of good conscience should not agree with you. It is better to allow you to think that they are a bad person rather than to allow you to have control over their morality.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      There’s nothing to be gained by forcing people to act in ways that they do not wish to act, or to think in ways that they do not wish to think.

      In context of the conversation, you’re saying there’s nothing to be gained by banning comics from racist artists.

      The way you’re using that quote is basically saying, “Agree with me, and think the way I tell you to think, or you’re a bad person”.

      You sure? Because in response to your statement saying you don’t have an opinion (ie, you’re doing nothing), it means that you’re allowing bad to happen due to apathy (that’s assuming you see yourself as a good person, if you’re not, disregard).

      That is evil, and people of good conscience should not agree with you.

      One of these days I’m going to create /c/selfawarewolves…

      Twist yourself up like a pretzel all you want, but at least listen to what you’re saying and think about it for more than 5 seconds. Because you’re supporting people who spread bigotry by arguing against banning them, and trying to take the moral high ground.