• Vytle@lemmy.world
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    People really want free speech until they don’t.

    If someone’s being a prick, just clown on them. They are entitled to speak their opinion, regardless of how stupid it is. Social ostracization will always be worse than anything moderation can do anyways.

    • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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      You can’t move your account but you can have multiple acounts with the same name if they’re not on the same instance. In the Voyager app you can stay logged into more than one at the same time. Also you can check out most instances without creating an account so I’d suggest taking a look yourself to see what you like. You can find a list with filter options here.

  • arrow74@lemm.ee
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    That’s the problem with platforms that offshoot for free speech reasons.

    I want to be able to say eat the rich and luigi magione was right.

    Others want to spout hate in all forms.

    Then people begin to argue these are the save of you should tolerate intolerance. Which you should never do

  • Sibshops@lemm.ee
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    I didn’t realize there was much of a culture difference between the instances. Is this written down anywhere?

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      Yeah, I’m new-ish and I don’t yet know the various instance “cultures.” Hopefully picking blahaj wasn’t a mistake, lol.

      • i_dont_want_to
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        The admin is great and doesn’t put up with nonsense. Downvotes are disabled, which took some getting used to. I have never regretted my choice of instance. Very queer-friendly and I like the people as a whole. Welcome, hope you love it.

      • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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        Blahaj is pretty good. I think you don’t get a downvote option there which I don’t quite understand but the people are chill.

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          I was wondering about downvotes since I saw people mentioning them, but don’t see the option to do that myself. That explains it.

    • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 hours ago

      Not really. And that’s because anybody who would write it down recognizes that they’re going to get piled on.

    • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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      Mixed teams, weight classes, a handicap system. These issues have been solved before the word transgender was even invented. And for some sports a natural advantage is just how it goes. I’ve never heard anyone propose banning tall people from playing basketball. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that what you said is the prevalent opinion and I don’t think it’s neccessarily coming from a bad place. But it’s misinformed and inherently political and I think it’s important to acknowledge that.

      how do you guys think about sending woman with abnormally high testosterone to a mostly male team and vice versa?

      This for example sounds viable to many people unfamiliar with the matter but in reality we might as well separate athletes by zodiac signs since testosterone levels just aren’t a reliable marker at all.

      Another thing I see sometimes is the proposal of an all trans olympic alternative which among other things goes to show that people vastly overestimate the amount of trans athletes thanks to said politicisation.

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        This^ - as @ToxicWaste@lemm.ee noted - women and men are good at different things so I don’t see why we can’t require mixed gender teams with equal representation for pretty much all sports.

        And if somebody cries “fOrCeD dIvErSiTy!!” then you never really cared about women’s participation in sports anyways.

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      so please leave any politics

      You say, as you wade in to a topic that only exists for political reasons, and is actively driven and sustained entirely for political reasons

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      Trans-women are women who represent 0.2% of the population whom many are taking estrogen. You don’t care about regulating those with natural physical advantages in sports just with those who were often excluded from society as you want to keep hurting people for no reason.