Hexbear came from the Chapo subreddit, a subreddit about the podcast, that became a general left space, and was banned because of it. HB joined Lemmy before federation was a thing. They developed their own fork of Lemmy while the Lemmy devs worked on federation, so when federation went live, HB wasn’t able to federate until the HB features were brought over or brought into compliance with the main branch.
During this time, HB went through a lot of sessions where they figured out the correct opinion on trans people, imperialism, outdoor cats, etc.
Before HB federated, .world “preemptively defederated hexbear as a last resort”, and people on .world have been making whatever shit up about them ever since.
Shortly after federation, libs were ridiculed for saying ridiculous things, mostly about America’s historical role in the world and the reality of places America doesn’t like. They responded mostly clipping things out of context in places where HB users wouldn’t see or respond, or simply making shit up and telling admins and users to block them.
At the same time, HB started defederating instances because they conflicted with HB’s policy of being a safe space for BIPOC and trans users.
Hong Kong is the freest it’s ever been; China freed them from a government imposed by the British where they were ruled by a council appointed by the crown and major corporations.
People who are hostile to China bringing up Hong Konger’s (or Uyghur)'s struggles have the same relevance as Zionists bringing up gay Palestinian’s struggles; the purpose isn’t to advance their cause, but to justify hostility against the whole group. This is especially obvious when you literally anything at all about the subject and realize their supposed defenders know literally fuckall about them beyond hostile data points.
There is a different conversation to had regarding specific policies, but anyone going “free hong kong” in response to protests against fixing the law that prevented a murderer from being extradited and tried lacks the background and desire for that.
Hexbear came from the Chapo subreddit, a subreddit about the podcast, that became a general left space, and was banned because of it. HB joined Lemmy before federation was a thing. They developed their own fork of Lemmy while the Lemmy devs worked on federation, so when federation went live, HB wasn’t able to federate until the HB features were brought over or brought into compliance with the main branch.
During this time, HB went through a lot of sessions where they figured out the correct opinion on trans people, imperialism, outdoor cats, etc.
Before HB federated, .world “preemptively defederated hexbear as a last resort”, and people on .world have been making whatever shit up about them ever since.
Shortly after federation, libs were ridiculed for saying ridiculous things, mostly about America’s historical role in the world and the reality of places America doesn’t like. They responded mostly clipping things out of context in places where HB users wouldn’t see or respond, or simply making shit up and telling admins and users to block them.
At the same time, HB started defederating instances because they conflicted with HB’s policy of being a safe space for BIPOC and trans users.
“Correct”
Correct.
If Hexbear users had correct opinions on imperialism they wouldn’t “um ackshually” when someone says “free Hong Kong”
Hong Kong is the freest it’s ever been; China freed them from a government imposed by the British where they were ruled by a council appointed by the crown and major corporations.
People who are hostile to China bringing up Hong Konger’s (or Uyghur)'s struggles have the same relevance as Zionists bringing up gay Palestinian’s struggles; the purpose isn’t to advance their cause, but to justify hostility against the whole group. This is especially obvious when you literally anything at all about the subject and realize their supposed defenders know literally fuckall about them beyond hostile data points.
There is a different conversation to had regarding specific policies, but anyone going “free hong kong” in response to protests against fixing the law that prevented a murderer from being extradited and tried lacks the background and desire for that.
It’s weird to see people on this site hate Trump, then love a bunch of reactionaries in Hong Kong waving Trump 2020 banners.