For a community that bills itself as
“General discussions about “science” itself
Be sure to also check out these other Fediverse science communities:”
And is full of news articles explaining science, having a biologist explain the science of sex biology is not a right fight for a general science community.
If I look on Science@mander.xyz it’s still there, but that might be me. This being said.
BPR. The whole gender debate has become toxic.
Most plausible scenario is that it’s not a reflection on what you posted but that the mod didn’t want to deal with the comment section, and removed it for that reason.
Or they didn’t read the article and assumed it was ‘it’s just science’ transphobia, because there are so many of them even on here. Probably should have taken a breath and read the article, which is still up on !science@lemmy.ml and is genuinely interesting.
Or they didn’t want to set a precedent of allowing one article on gender/sex, only for a hundred transphobes to start whining that their ‘scientific’ articles weren’t allowed.
I mean, maybe they should have locked it, but there’s a plausible reason they didn’t want to deal with that shit and shut it down fast.
Then just ban all the transphobes
Easier said than done.
So what that is the job of moderators. Not banning transphobes because they are too lazy is a piss poor excuse
Can’t expect a volunteer mod to moderate 24/7. Plenty still slips through.
Probably best to lock threads like this, if as a mod you know you can’t moderate properly.
But as I said above, the post is still visible for me, so seems like the mod reinstated it.
The post is regarding on the science community from mander.xyz not lemmy.ml, you are checking wrong post
Its strength to show you recognize whitewashing and learn from it, doubling down on it is the opposite
Nope. Still see it on Science@mander.xyz. Might be a federation thing.
Anyway, my argument is simply that there’s a reason safe spaces exist, and that if you can’t ensure something is a safe space, it’s sometimes best to lock it down before you platform bigotry.
In any case, my initial reaction above was BPR, which includes over reactions in a charged situations. I think the whole trans thing counts as charged, thanks to all the bigots who pop out of the word work. I think the mod over-reacted, but that it’s understandable they made that mistake because the situation is charged.
e: it appears someone else posted the same article on mander.xyz. If the mod deletes that too, then it would be damning, and I’m no longer willing to give them the benefit of doubt
This is a terrible argument if at all, its basically letting bigotry shape the discourse, sure its better to wait official statement on why this happened but “didnt want to deal with comments section” isnt an argument, just plainly whitewashing behavior
Not wanting to platform bigotry is a perfectly valid argument.
As mentioned elsewhere, my initial reaction was BPR which includes over-reactions in charged situations, which the whole trans thing has become thanks to online bigots.
Mod should have locked down the comment section with an explanation why, but seems likely they overreacted. It happens.
But the post is visible for me, even on Science@mander.xyz. Maybe someone else posted it, and the mod let that one stay.
e: it appears someone else posted the same article on mander.xyz. It’ll be interesting to see if the mod deletes that too, then it would be damning.