Calls for defederation - Is the idea of the open marketplace of ideas outdated?
Lately I see a lot of calls do have specific instances defederated for a particular subset of reasons:
Don't like their content
Dont like their political leaning
Dont like their free speech approach
General feeling of being offended
I want a safe space!
This instance if hurting vulnerable people
I personally find each and every one of these arguments invalid. Everybody has the right to live in an echo chamber, but mandating it for everyone else is something that goes a bit too far.
Has humanity really developed into a situation where words and thoughts are more hurtful than sticks and stones?
When you call for an authority to get the bad offense banned from your view it's a clear call for an authority to fix your life, because you're not able to. This has nothing to do with an admin (team) having transparent rules about what they do or don't allow on an instance.
On a different topic: Civil discussion and disagreement is encouraged, you're trying to insult and disparage which is something I as moderator will not allow here. So either you follow the rules or I'll have to start moderating your contributions here.
You're banning someone from a community called "Controversial" where the rules state, "This is not a safe place" and "Challenge others opinions and be challenged on your own" because you disagree with them. In a post where you claim that defederating is censorship.
I don't know if you're trolling with this post or not but that is way too funny!