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Unfortunately, lemmy is not only difficult to use that way, but there’s still a need to interact with outsiders because there’s a war on. They need allies to have access, the users to be able to interact with other instances, and for trans people on other instances to be able to interact there.

So they choose to alienate allies and drive around trans people on other instances from the Fediverse entirely for wrongthink?

That seems counterproductive.

They’re going to fuck up because there’s no way to make all of that work without admin oversight being high. There’s always going to be human error, biases, and outright moments of emotional decisions. It happens everywhere.

Okay, so when is it no longer acceptable? Is it decided that they just get a total pass for all behavior because it's a trans-friendly space, so long as you're trans in a way that agrees with the mob mentality? If you aren't, of course, then you're a transphobe and a fascist.

Those of us that aren’t blahaj users can STFU and mind our own when it comes right down to it, because it isn’t our space.

It seems that Blahaj doesn't regard its space as having any borders.

Our trans compatriots fucking deserve a space where they can work this kind of thing out, even if that means a lot of mistakes along the way.

Apparently, not all trans compatriots are deserving.

And the admins of blahaj are making mistakes. So are some of the users. The questions are, what are those mistakes, which users, and how can there be an objective decision as to what’s the best path?

So, what, don't criticize Blahaj, don't point out anything negative they do, just let them do what they want because there's no 'objectively' correct answer? That wouldn't fly for any other community or admin team. Why here?

I sure don’t have a right to decide those things for blahaj, so my opinions are essentially farting in the wind. All I can do is support the trans community as a whole, and hope that blahaj finds a balance that allows the users and admins to have a space that is as free of interference and hate as is possible in this fucked up world.

And when the community on Blahaj harasses trans users off the Fediverse entirely for wrongthink? Is supporting Blahaj then supporting the trans community?

Now, while preemptive bans are a damn difficult tool to use well, they are a valid tool. I personally wouldn’t have used them in every case that’s shown up on the various C/s about mod/admin actions, but I also don’t have access to everything an admin would. There may be reasons I can’t see. But I would have used it in a few of those cases. I prefer preemptives to be a scalpel rather than a scythe, but sometimes you have to cut.

I think you're going way out of your way to justify what you realize are, visibly, bad decisions.

Wars never happen without harm to real people, and a lot of the war against trans people is a war waged with words and ideas. So neutering the words of war being able to besiege the instance seems like a worthy strategy to me.

By waging a war of words against trans folk who don't believe 'correctly' in other instances entirely?