just several days ago, after 7 posts and at beast 150 comments, i (under !DylanMc6@hexbear.net) got banned from hexbear for “History of repeating US state department talking points, anti-socialism and zionism”.
this ban came after some of my comments were deleted for either “zionism”, “fedposting” or “manufacturing consent” just a week ago.
after my hexbear account got banned, i continued to post stuff on hexbear communities through this account (!@DylanMc6@lemmy.ml) (because lemmy is part of the fediverse which means i can log in to a different lemmy instance with this account), and just earlier today, a couple of my comments (about charlie kirk) that i posted on !slop@hexbear.net were deleted for reasons of “Liberal civility politics”.
hexbear also deleted another comment i posted there where i said “we should segregate clankers from society”, as well as another comment for the reason of “libertarian” simply because i put “left-libertarian”.
left-libertarianism is a form of libertarianism that combines individual freedoms with social equality, and can be used to mean “antiauthoritarianism” - an example of left-libertarianism is libertarian socialism which supports self-governance and workers’ self-management.
although i support left-libertarianism, i find collectivism to be pretty interesting - i think that individuals are worthy of respect and freedoms, but i also think that the individual CANNOT organize alone - collective action is very necessary.
most of me realized that what i said on hexbear can be misunderstood as “us state department talking points, antisocialism and zionism”, and i apologize for that.
on the other hand, part of me is very glad that i got banned from hexbear because obviously, some people there is extremely hardline.
i apologize to any hexbear people reading this, i just had to do a rant here. seriously!
edit: here are the modlogs (for this account and !DylanMc6@hexbear.net):
If you’re banned from an instance, it’s probably a good idea to stop interacting with them altogether since it’s been made clear you and the instance don’t exactly align.
In all corners of the internet you’re going to get, uh, enthusiastic individuals who feel quite strongly about their online experiences and activities and act accordingly. That’s kind of a given side effect by now, as seen with moderators of all sorts of sites.
The great thing about the fediverse is that it’s decentralized, so you’re not excluded from participating in communities altogether :) /gen
It is okay to leave an instance behind if your values conflict
i support the idea of socialism, and i find communism to be pretty interesting - a classless moneyless stateless society is good. seriously!
I’m with you there - also mostly/vaguely leftist/anarchist but also acknowledge my own cultural background as something that colors my worldview, which doesn’t always jive with more staunch ideological lines.
No judgment here, and you’re not alone.