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"Liberals" that want the entire instance moderated by only 5 people - managing all user registrations, community creation and the moderation of every post and comment on every community.
It's crazy. We left Reddit to get away from powermods and admins.
They want to protect their users from trolls. Blame the trolls.
If you are so fragile that you need to be protected from a troll then maybe the internet is not the right place for you.
I don't know how "Liberal" came to be synonymous with fragile snowflake. People have been misusing the word for ages .. especially in the US. The original Liberal (and I'm proud to claim to be one) puts free speech front and center of their world view. It's the cornerstone of democracy. And free speech also means the freedom to offend .. it's a price well worth paying.
I personally think you have the wrong mindset. Each Lemmy instance is started with a certain vision in mind, and it's fine - great even - that they differ. No one is confined to an instance; you can move to another if the one you're on doesn't work for you.
So if the mods of Beehaw think it's best to shut out certain other instances, that's fine. I've seen posts by a number of people there saying they agree with the decision. People that don't can find a different instance. And, unlike Reddit, that doesn't mean finding a whole new site or app, it's just a new home port on the same trade route.