in summer 2023, when I moved here from reddit, the lemmy instance beehaw.org was extremely divisive. they wanted to create a website according to certain rules rather than a free for all. some people were saying it would be the end of the threadiverse before it even began.

since that time, there have been various other intrinsic and extrinsic threats. I do not see much panicking about beehaw. did the threadiverse survive beehaw? or is this only a shell of what we might have had otherwise?

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[–] wahming@monyet.cc 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I don't have any strong feelings or opinions about the holocaust in particular, as opposed to any of the other multiple genocides and atrocities humanity has committed over the ages, or even just the assorted hundreds of millions of deaths from war, famine, disease, etc. They all suck, but I see no reason to get more emotional about one specific event than any of the others.

I get that it's especially sensitive for many people because they feel connected to the event via personal, family or national ties. None of those apply to me. How strongly do YOU feel about the Crusades, which were very much an attempted genocide? Chances are, you don't, because it's just not culturally relevant.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The crusades were atrocities in my opinion. Straight up racism made manifest under the guise of religion.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yep. So was the holocaust. But at least for me, it's an intellectual outrage, nothing that works up my emotions. Apparently to some people, that's unacceptable.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Right well that would be an opinion. Do you really not see how your comment may have come off as nasty?

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Possibly. Is that on the level of getting permabanned, though?

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

100% it makes you sound like a complete POS to be honest.

If you can read about the Holocaust and not feel any emotion that does seem pretty fucked up.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I said no STRONG emotion, go back to my post 2 levels up. Like, I'm not about to sit there and start crying, I'm just not an emotional guy. Is that now a crime?

[–] density@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

actually what you said was

any opinion

it's not a crime. but you know lemmy isn't a court of law right? you sound like an asshole.

whether it deserves a ban I guess that depends on the context.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev -2 points 10 months ago

You also said no opinion. It being bad is an opinion. So saying you have no opinion sounds harsh.